The Pale Handbag of the Apocalypse Kateb Yacine the development of modern poetry

the development of modern poetry and the state of the novel in the UAE today

Cover painting by Iraqi painter Ahmed Alsoudani

Tom is Director of Penned in the Margins and Co-Director of London Word Festival

Hawra al-Nadawi from Iraq

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