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Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen
Dr. Adnan Al-Dhahir
Dr. Ali Al-Kasimi
Dr. Bahjat Abbas Ali
Basim Furat
Enas Albadram
Fatima Naoot
Mohamed Saïd Raïhani
Naamen E. Abbed Alkader
Saïd Ahoubate
Said Alwaely
Yahya Al-Samawi
Zahra Ramij

A Cultural Specialist Magazine in the Translation of Arabic Literature.

Adeeb Kamal Ad-Deen was born in Iraq in 1953, a poet and translator who has degrees in Economics and English Literature from the University of Baghdad plus a Diploma of Interpreting (Arabic-English) from Adelaide Institute of TAFE, South Australia. He has published eight poetry collections and won the major prize of Iraqi poetry in 1999.

Dr. Adnan Al-Dhahir studied Chemistry at Baghdad University, Iraq, Moscow State University, Russia and California University ( Irvine ), USA. He also carried out academic research at Wales University ( Cardiff / GB ) and Sheffield University ( Great britain ). He currently resides in Munich, Germany, where he writes articles and poems in both Arabic and English.

Dr. Ali Al-kasimi an Iraqi writer living in Morocco, studied in Iraq, Lebanon, England, France, and the United States. Degree in literature, Bachelors in in law, Masters in life skills, and PHD in philosophy. Collage professor, principle of The Islamic Culture and science and principle of The University of Islamic World.

Dr. Bahjat Abbas Ali, was born in Iraq. I have a Degree in Pharmacy and Chemistry ( Baghdad ). A Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Nottingham – UK ). I published Rilke – Duino Elegies and Sonnets –Arabic/German ( Sweden , 2006 ), Sixty German Poems – Arabic / German ( Amman / Beirut, 2006 ), Diabetes and living with ( Arabic ), Amman 2002, The world of Genes ( Arabic ), Amman 1999, Medicinal Chemistry ( Arabic ) with 2 colleagues, Baghdad 1987.

Basim Furat is an Iraqi poet resides in Hiroshima, Japan. He issued many poetical collections and his poetry has been translated into many languages. This poem is from his collection (I embraced a tower thinking it is a minaret).

Enas Albadram has a bachelor's degree in English literature, Baghdad University. She is a member in union of Iraqi letters and the union of Iraqi journalists. She is the president of the literary Nasik Almalika forum. She worked as a journalist and translator in many Arabic magazines and newspapers.

Fatima Naoot Fatima Naoot, an Egyptian poet, writer, translator and architect. 5 poetic collections, 4 translated books of Virginia Woolf, John Ravenscroft, and many American and British poets, and one theoretical book on art and architecture in relation with literature. Lastly she won the prize of "Arabic Poetry 2006" in Hong Kong.

Mohamed Saïd Raïhani, The translator, Mohamed Saïd Raïhani, is a Moroccan translator, scholar & short-story writer, born on December 23rd 1968 in Ksar El Kébir. He published in Arabic "The Singularity Will " (Semiotic Study on First-names) 2001, "Waiting For the Morning" (Short stories) 2003, "Thus Spoke Santa Lugar-Verde" (Short stories) 2005.

Naamen E. Abbed Alkader was born in Palestine. He published a poetry book named "Anxiety" in year 2000. Then he transferred from poetry to short stories. He wrote two short stories books. The first named "the Groom and the Jinn" in 2005 and the second named "Silent Farewell" in 2006.

Saïd Ahoubate is a Moroccan short-story writer, born on 03/09/1951 in El Hadjeb, Morocco.. He published in Arabic "A Surrealistic Morning" (Short Stories) 2003 and is getting ready for print "Invisible Faces" (Short Stories).

Said Alwaely was born in the holy city of Najef, Iraq in1953. In 1993, he arrived to America as a political refugee. He has been living in Detroit, Michigan for about ten years. He started writing poetry in 2004. Later most of his poems were published in more than fifty Arabic newsletters and websites.

Yahya Al-Samawi was born in 1949, has been living as a political refugee in Australia. The author of more than eight collections, he has been largely concerned in his latest works with political themes, which address, among other issues, Iraq’s predicament in the years following the Gulf War and his opposition to the regime. Note his reference to the massacred homeland and the Tartars.

Zahra Ramij is a Moroccan novelist, short-story writer and translator born in Casablanca. Author of:"The Moan Of Water” (Short stories) in 2003, "Is The Sun Really Going Down?" in 2006 (Short stories) , "The Wrinkles Of The Walls" in 2006 (Novel), "Exercises In Tolerance" in 2005 (A play translated from French), and "Judge Of The Shade" in 2005.