Banipal

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. 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:
Contemporary authors featured in Banipal
Abbas Beydhoun
Abdel Aziz al-Maqalih
Abdellatif Laâbi
Abdelrahman Munif
Abdelwahab Meddeb
Abdullah Laroui
Abdul Kader el-Janabi
Abdu Khal
Abdul Wahab al-Bayati
Adunis
Ahmad Ali El Zein
Ahmad Zein
Ahmed Fagih
Ahmed Bouzfour
Ahmed Rashid Thani
Ala Hlehel
Alawiyya Subh
Albert Cossery
Ali al-Domaini
Ali al-Kasimi
Ali al-Muqri
Ali Mohammed Zayd
Amjad Nasser
Anton Shammas
Aroussia Naluti
Aziz Chouaki
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
Baha Eddine Taoud
Bassam Frangieh
Bassam Shamseldin
Bensalim Himmich
Denys Johnson-Davies
Diya al-Jubaily
Driss Chraïbi
Edward al-Kharrat
Edward Said
Elias Khoury
Etel Adnan
Ezzat el-Kamhawi
Fadhil al-Azzawi
Fady Joudeh
Fathi Abul Nasr
Ferial Ghazoul
Fuad al-Takarli
Gamal el-Ghitani
Ghalib Halasa
Ghassan Zaqtan
Ghazi Algosaibi
Habib Abdulrab Sarori
Habib Selmi
Habib Tengour
Haifa Bitar
Halim Barakat
Hanan al-Shaykh
Hani al-Raheb
Hassan Abdulrazzak
Hassan Daoud
Hassan Nasr
Hassouna Mosbahi
Hoda Barakat
Huda Ablan
Hussain al-Mozany
Huzama Habayeb
Ibrahim Nasrallah
Ibtisam Abdallah
Inaya Jaber
Ines Abassi
Issa J Boullata
Jalil al-Qaisi
Jamal Mahjoub
Jamila Omairah
Kadhim Jihad
Kamal Abdellatif
Kamal Ruhayyim
Khaled Mattawa
Khalid Albudoor
Khulood Al Mu’alla
Lamia Makaddam
Lisa Suhair Majaj
Luay Hamza Abbas
Lutfiya al-Dulaimi
Mahdi Issa al-Saqr
Mahmood Abdel Wahab
Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Shukair
Mai Ghoussoub
Miled Faiza
Miral al-Tahawy
Mohamed al-Bisatie
Mohamed Choukri
Mohamed Salah al-Azab
Mohammad al-Maghut
Mohammad al-Qaood
Mohammad al-Shaibani
Mohammad Ali Farhat
Mohammad Khodayyi
Mohammed Al-Harthi
Mohammed Bennis
Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine
Mohammed Mustagab
Mohammed Zefzaf
Mohja Kahf
Mona Yahia
Mouayed al-Rawi
Nabila al-Zubair
Nadia Alkowkobani
Naguib Mahfouz
Najwa Barakat
Nassif Falak
Nazih Abu Afash
Nazik al-Malaika
Nazum al-Obeidi
Nirvana Tanoukhi
Nizar Qabbani
Nouri al-Jarrah
Nujoom Al-Ghanem
Ounsi el Hage
Paul Chaoul
Qassim Haddad
Rabee Jaber
Rachid al-Daif
Rachida Lamrabet
Rafik Schami
Ramsey Nasr
Rasha Omran
Rashad Abu Shawar
Sa'adallah Wannus
Saadi Youssef
Said al-Kafrawi
Saif al-Rahbi
Salah Hassan
Salim Barakat
Salwa al-Neimi
Samar Yazbek
Samir Albufattah
Samir Naqqash
Saniya Salih
Sargon Boulus
Sawsan al-Areeqi
Shawqi Shafiq
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tayeb Salih
Turki al-Hamad
Vénus Khoury-Ghata
Wacini Laradg
Wajdi al-Ahdal
Wilfred Thesiger
Yasmine Khlat
Yasser Abdel Baqi
Yasser Abdel Hafez
Youssef Rakha
Yusef Habshi al-Ashqar
Zakariyya Tamer
References
External links
Official website
Literary magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines published in London
Magazines established in 1998
Triannual magazines published in the United Kingdom
Literary translation magazines