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A Cultural Specialist Magazine in the Translation of Arabic Literature.

Abdoullah Al-Mouttaqi is a Moroccan poet & short-story writer, born in 1961 in Fkih Ben Saleh, Morocco. He published in Arabic "Blue Chair" (Short Stories) and "Fatal Poems" (Collection of Poems) …

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.

Adnan Al-Sayegh was born in Iraq on 1955. He is a member of The Iraqi Union of writers, The Arab Union of Writers, the Iraqi and Arab Journalists Union, The International Journalist Organization, The Swedish Writers Union and The Swedish Pen Club. His poems have been translated to English, Swedish, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Romanian, Norwegian, Danish, Persian and Kurdish.

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).

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.

Habib Daïm Rabbi is a Moroccan Critic, Novelist & short-story writer, born in Al-Jadida in 1955, author of "The Turning-Point" (Novel), "Small Wars" (Short stories), "Illusion Mill"(Short stories), "Daisy" (Short stories), "Writing & Inter-textuality" (Study) and "Correlative Texts"(Study).

Malika Moustadrafe is a Moroccan novelist & short-story writer born in Casablanca. Author of:"Sore Soul, Sore Body ” (Novel) in 1998, "Thirty-Six" in 2004 (Short stories) A Space For An Impossible Dream" is the tenth narrative text in the "The Moroccan Dream", An Anthology of Moroccan new short story directed by Mohamed Saïd Raïhani.

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.

Mohamed Zitoune is a Moroccan short-story writer, born in Beni Mellal, Morocco.

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.