METAMORPHOSES
Spring and Fall 2007
15.1-2
The following is the Table of Contents from the Spring and Fall 2007 edition of Metamorphoses, a special double issue on the Arab world.
The complete edition, including the original language versions for the poetry, is only available in print.
| THALIA PANDIRI | From the Editor-in-Chief | 14 | |
| MERIEM PAGES | Introduction: Narrating the Arab World through Translation | 16 |
MEDIEVAL POETRY
| QADI 'IYAD | A Book O Seeker of Knowledge Repentance To You I Stretch Forth the Palms of My Hands Poppy Flowers Translated from the Arabic by Mohammad Abderrazzaq du Souhad Zendah |
28 30 32 34 36 |
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| 'ABDULLAH IBN AL-MU'TAZZ | Untitled, from Tabaqat Al-Shu'Ara' Al-Muhdahtin |
38 |
MODERN POETRY
| 'ALI JA'FAR AL-'ALLAQ | The River Translated from the Arabic by Suheil Laher |
42 |
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| ZEINAB ASSAF | Funeral Prayer in Absentia Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Al-Masri |
44 |
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| KADHIM AL-HIJAJ | One Change of Vowel Changes A Whole World: Short Poems Translated from the Arabic by Kadhim Al-Ali and Adil Al-Thamiry |
74 |
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| LOUBNA HANDOU | Marocco (Morocco) Translated from the Italian by Toshiya Kamei |
94 |
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| MERIEM PAGES | Illustrating Morocco Photographs by Robert G. Sullivan |
96 97 |
FICTION
| HOSSAM FAHR | A Face Behind Glass I A Face Behind Glass II Translated from the Arabic by Amani Hassan |
106 107 |
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| ALA HLEHEL | Coexistence Translated from the Arabic by Rima Hassouneh |
114 |
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| NADINE SHAMS | Love Story Translated from the Arabic by Tarek Shamma |
121 |
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| WAFA MALIH | Looking into a Lover's Eyes Translated from the Arabic by Khaled Al-Masri |
124 |
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| ABDULRAHMAN MAJEED AL-RUBE'E | The Ram Translated from the Arabic by Abdulzahra Muhamad |
128 |
NONFICTION
| ABD AL-RAHMAN IBN AL-FAQIH UTHMAN | Excerpts from Murshid al-zuwwar ila qubur al-abrar, al-musanna al-Durr al-munazzam fī ziyara al-jabal al-Muqattam Translated from the Arabic by Alex Cuffel |
138 |
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| LARBI BATMA | A Gnawa Adventure, from Arrahil Introduced and translated from the Arabic by Ziad Bentahar |
140 |
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| DJURA | from The Season of Daffodils: Excerpt from "Beneath the Veil . . . Algeria" Excerpt from "The Prophet's Sneeze" Excerpt from "The Prophet's Sneeze" Introduced and translated from the French by Patricia Frederick |
149 153 160 |
APPROACHES TO TRANSLATION
| JAMES DENBOER | Kharjas from Muwashshahat in Arabic and Hebrew | 166 |
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| THALIA PANDIRI | Twice Removed: The Question of Retranslation | 175 |
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| IBN ZAYDUN | Luscious Cordoba Nostalgic Lover Wine and Roses After Absence A Furtive Glance A Secret Hidden Suffering Translated from the Arabic into Spanish by Mahmud Sobh Translated from the Spanish into English by Mark Berg |
178 183 187 |
ESSAYS
| TASSADIT YACINE | Femmes, Espace et Creation dans le Monde Berbere Women, Space and Creation in Berber Society Translated from the French by Meriem Pages |
192 210 |
REVIEWS
| MERIEM PAGES | Review of The Wind in My Hair, Salwa Salem with Laura Maritano | 228 |
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| ROBERT G. SULLIVAN | Review of Homes of the Heart: A Ramallah Chronicle, Farouq Wadi | 231 |