Mordechai's Moustache & His Wife's Cat Constantine Cavafy A new departure for Banipal

A new departure for Banipal is a dialogue from The Visitor

Mona Zaki Thieves in Retirement by Hamdi Abu Golayyel

The ship settles on the shore

where families descended from “conversos” (Christian converts) still carry out long-hidden Jewish traditions

six poems from Interments

Mordechai's Moustache & His Wife's Cat Constantine Cavafy A new departure for BanipalMahmoud Shukairs first major publication in English translation enthralls, surprises and shocks as one of the worlds most original of storytellers excels in exposing the surreal moments in the ordinary and the mundane, the limits of human frustration and patience, and the intricacies of tiny daily obsessive practices. Brimming with humour that ranges from the funny and the farcical, to satire and black comedy, with a painters eye for colour and