Beyond The Dunes: An Anthology of Modern Saudi Literature PDF
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BEYOND THE DUNES This anthology is dedicated, with admiration and firm confidence, to the burgeoning young men and women writers of Saudi Arabia. In their hands lies the sure continuation of their country’s literary tradition, itself the cradle of the rich Arabic literary heritage from time immemorial. B D EYOND THE UNES An Anthology of Modern Saudi Literature EDITED BY MANSOURI.AL-HAZIMI, EZZAT A.KHATTAB,ET AL. English Edition edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Published in 2006 by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © Dar al-Mufradat of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia The right of Dar al-Mufradat to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by the authors in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. ISBN: 1 85043 972 9 EAN: 978 1 85043 972 1 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record for this book is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: available Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd, Padstow, Cornwall from camera-ready copy edited and supplied by the author C ONTENTS Dar al-Mufradat Academic Committee xiii Preface and Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part I POETRY I.THEPIONEERS ‘A(cid:758)(cid:758)bdallah al-Faisal Al Saud ILLUMINATION 49 Muhammad Saeed al-‘Amoudi QUARTETS 51 Muhammad Hasan ‘Awwad SECRET OF LIFE AND NATURE 52 Muhammad Hasan Faqi QUARTETS 54 Ahmad Al-Fasi SHE AND THE LIGHT 58 Ahmad Qandeel ASCREAM 59 Hasan ‘Abdallah al-Qurashi SHORT POEMS 60 Husain Sirhan BREAKDOWN OF THE BODY 62 II.THEINNOVATORS Usama ‘Abd Rahman MOTHER OF HISTORY 64 vi BEYOND THE DUNES Fawziyya Abu Khalid TUFUL:NOONDAY RAINBOW 66 TWOLITTLE GIRLS 67 FIRST FLAVOUR OF DEATH FROM THE REMAINS OF MEMORY 68 ANEXPERIENCE 69 AFTER TIME 69 Faisal Akram AMOMENT OF DREAM 70 Muhammad al-‘Ali WHENIWRITE OF LOVE 72 ‘Adnan al-Sayyid al-‘Awwami THEROBE 74 ‘Ali Bafaqeeh ‘URWA THE OUTLAW 76 Ahmad Bahkali NADA (POEM TO HIS DAUGHTER) 77 Sa‘d al-Bawardi REBEL AGAINST LOVE 80 Nasser Bouhaimid OFWHAT DO YOU DREAM? 82 Lulu Buqshan WOMEN AND A CARAVAN OF PAIN 84 Huda al-Daghfaq ECHO 86 ALITTLE TREE 86 from:WOODS 86 TENDERNESS 87 DEPARTURE 87 FAREWELL 88 WHYDO THE PLACES LEAVE ME 88 REALISATION 89 Fawzi al-Dahhan DREAMY SONGS IN THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE 90 ‘Ali Al-Dumaini THESIGNS 91 CONTENTS vii Muhammad al-Dumaini ROSES SLEEPING IN BASKETS 95 DESPAIR 96 Muhammad Habiby TRACES REMAINING 97 Sa‘d al-Hamazani APEN 99 Muhammad ‘Ubaid al-Harbi THEACCURSED YEARS 101 Salih al-Harbi NIGHT’SLONELINESS 102 Ashjan al-Hindi MOON WARS 103 Ibrahim al-Husain WHENEVER THE MEMORY NEIGHS 107 ONEDAY 109 TOWEL 109 Hashim al-Jahdali BLOOD OF INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE 110 Nayif al-Juhani AMBER AND GRASS 112 Ghassan al-Khunaizi WOMAN OF LINEN AND COTTON 114 SHADIYA 114 EXPERIENCING THE SENSES 116 Ghaida’ al-Manfa FOR OPEN CITIES, FOR THE SUN AND LOVERS 118 Muhammad Sa‘d al-Mish‘an LAILA 120 Ahmad al-Mulla THEROAD 121 WOOD 121 viii BEYOND THE DUNES Khalid Mustafa RHYTHM I 122 RHYTHM II 122 AHEARTFELT PRAYER 122 ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Qa‘oud AFORGOTTEN FRAGMENT OF NIGHT 124 Lateefa Qari WHICH OF THE TWO IS ME? 127 Fatima Al-Qarni RESISTANCE 129 MYDREAM 129 ACITY 130 Ghazi al-Qusaibi THEMOON AND THE GYPSY QUEEN 131 Hasan al-Sab‘ LONGING 134 MOON OF SEVILLE 134 ‘Abdallah al-Safar THEMEAL OF STRANGERS 136 ‘Abdallah al-Saikhan AMYTH 138 Ahmad al-Salih NIGHTMARISH DREAM 140 fromCONFESSIONS 142 Husain Suhail VOICE AND JOURNEY 145 Jasim al-Suhayyih MYFATE IS WRITTEN BY YOUR COMB 146 Ahmad Sa‘d al-Tayyar LANGUAGE 147 Muhammad al-Thubaiti SANDS 149 Ali al-‘Umari AMIRROR 154 COCK 154 CONTENTS ix Thurayya al-‘Urayyid QUESTIONS 155 NAME IT WHAT YOULIKE 158 ‘Abdallah Salih al-‘Uthaymeen LEGEND 160 Ibrahim al-Wazzan AWAKENING 163 Part II SHORT STORIES Muhammad ‘Alwan THAT’SHOW THE STORY STARTS 167 ‘Abdallah Bakhashwain EARLY AWAKENING 170 Fawziyya al-Bakr APAPER LIFE 177 Badriyya al-Bishr THESCHOOL CARETAKER 180 Hamza Muhammad Bogary THEDARK ALLEY 183 Sa‘d al-Dosari THEMIRROR 185 Khaleel al-Fuzai‘ AWAY FROM HOME 187 Maryam al-Ghamidi THEMAD GIRL WHO TRIED TO CHANGE VILLAGE TRADITIONS 189 Noura al-Ghamidi UPMYGRANDFATHER’SLONG SLEEVE 192 ‘Ashiq ‘Issa al-Hadhal THEBROKER OF DONKEYS 198 Husain ‘Ali Husain THEDEPARTURE 201
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