Banipal

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Banipal
CategoriesLiterary magazine
Frequency3 per year
Founder
ISSN
1461-5363

Banipal is an independent literary magazine dedicated to the promotion of contemporary

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

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]

Contemporary authors featured in Banipal

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