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A Cultural Specialist Magazine in the Translation of Arabic Literature.

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. 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).

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.

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.

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.

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Wahaib Nadeem Wahba is a Palestinian poet and play writer. He has published 18 books in Arabic and translated to many languages. He graduated with a high degree in Science. He also has a bachelor degree in life skills. The last book published " The Paradise" won the Najy Nuiman prize of Lebanon in 2006.