Banipal is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Arab literature through translations in English. It was founded in London in 1998 by Margaret Obank and Samuel Shimon.[1] The magazine is published three times a year. Since its inception, it has published works and interviews of numerous Arab authors and poets, many of them translated for the first time into English. It is also co-sponsor of the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.
As of December 2020, 69 issues of Banipal were published. Each issue usually focuses on a specific theme, recent issues focusing on Libyan fiction, Arab American authors, Iraqi authors, Literature in Yemen Today, Writing in Dutch, etc. The magazine has been praised both by non-Arab and Arab commentators - Gamal el-Ghitani, James Kirkup, Anton Shammas among others - for its role in diffusing Arab literature to a wider audience. The Iraqi poet, novelist and translator Fadhil Al Azzawi has said:
What Banipal has achieved for Arab literature and culture in its 21 issues is more important than all the work of all the Arab ministries of culture, which have almost completely failed to do anything for Arab culture. Banipal has enabled the English reader not only to read the works of Arab writers, but also to discover the real craft of modern Arab literature. We have only one real minister for Arab culture: Margaret Obank.[2]
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Banipal is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the promotion of contemporary Arab literature through translations in English. It was founded...
The Banipal Prize, whose full name is the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, is an annual prize awarded to a translator (or translators)...
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Retrieved 2019-03-05. "Interview with the Palestinian Actor and Filmmaker". Banipal (uk). Retrieved 2014-05-20. Believing: Hany Abu-Assad's Omar Gets Standing...
also established: the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature (which administers the Banipal Prize for literary translation), the Banipal-Arab British Centre...
Press, 1971. Selected poems. (2008) translated by Sinan Antoon, Banipal 32 "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Mamdouh...
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com. Retrieved 2023-09-03. "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Khalida Said". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-03....
published in Banipal magazine, and has been translated into several European languages. She is a former head of the Moroccan Writers' Union. "www.banipal.co...
appeared in Banipal and Words Without Borders. She is a past winner of the Arkansas Arabic Translation Award and runner-up for the Banipal Prize, and her...
in 1535, the Encyclopædia Iranica states that it was finished in 1536. Banipal: Magazine of Modern Iran Literature. 2003. Schimmel, Annemarie (2014)....
2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-01-04. "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Bachir Mufti". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-10....
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named after Saif Ghobash. The Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, also known as The Banipal Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a...
best Tales of a Fantastic Future. And was shortlisted at The Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, 2019 https://ahmednaji.net/ http://www...
Novel and the Rural Imaginary in Egypt, 1880-1985 (2004). She won the 2009 Banipal Prize for her translation of Yahya Taher Abdullah's The Collar and the...
Hilmy Salem (Banipal, No. 7, Spring 2000) Three poems by Salman Masalha (Banipal, No. 7, Spring 2000) Two poems by Mahmoud Darwish (Banipal, No. 4, Spring...
the end"), Banipal, 2017 Three poems, Banipal "Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Contributors - Lamia Makaddam". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved...
"Banipal (UK) Magazine of Modern Arab Literature - Banipal Books - Mansi A Rare Man in His Own Way". www.banipal.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-05. "Banipal...
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