Banipal 54 - Echoes Sebastian Matthews at once tense and uncommon

at once tense and uncommon

instead offering fresh perspective on a vital yet hidden part of our world

white of the moon

+ reviews by Michael Trapp

the poem has no purpose but plenty of pioneer spirit

Banipal 54 - Echoes Sebastian Matthews at once tense and uncommonBanipal 54 ECHOES is a grand panoply of literature in which history, memory and real life reverberate against each other and sing to each other new songs by authors from Palestine, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Egypt, Iraq and Libya. A feature on leading Iraqi playwright and director Jawad al Assadi includes his play Baghdadi Bathhouse, and the Guest Literature section from the Berlin Festival on The Future of Cities features Roddy Doyle, Rawi Hage,