Opens with salutes to the devastated city of Beirut by two of its authors – Abdo Wazen and Elias Khoury. Main feature introduces 9 new novels by authors from Tunisia, Lebanon, Oman, Bahrain, Algeria, Sudan, Qatar and Egypt with reviews, translated excerpts, and an interview. Also historic letters from Jabra Ibrahim Jabra to Denys Johnson-Davies.

Translated by: Paul Starkey, Maia Tabet, Raphael Cohen