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Literature in

Yemen today

2 Beirut39 – Selecting the 39 top young Arab writers 6 EDITORIAL – by Youssef Bazzi 10 Alawiyya Sobh – Excerpted from the novel

It’s Called Love, translated by Maia Tabet 22 Yahya Taher Abdullah – Five short stories,

translated by Elliott Colla 30 Berlin International Literature Festival

– Focus on the Arab World

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with landscapes and city photos by Paola Crociani 42 Bassam Shamseldin – A short story A Fight to the

Finish, translated by Michael Scott 51 Laila Elhan – Three poems, translated by Rasheeda

Plenty 54 Habib Abdulrab Sarori – Excerpts from the novel The

Bird of Destruction, translated by William M Hutchins 72 Shawqi Shafiq – Seven poems,

translated by Sinan Antoon 78 Ali Al-Muqri – Excerpt from the novel Taste Black . . .

Smell Black, translated by Tony Calderbank 92 Fathi Abul Nasr – Seven poems,

translated by Akram Rhomdan 102 Ahmad Zein – Excerpts from the novel American

Coffee, translated by Michael Scott 116 Nadia Alkowkabani – Excerpt from the novel It’s Just

Love, translated by Kat Stapley 126 Yasser Abdel Baqi – A short story The Black Cat,

translated by Ali Azeriah 134 Abdel Aziz al-Maqalih – Summer Sonnets and other poems, translated by Issa J Boullata

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