City of Non-Existence
Marie LaBrosse: Introduction to "City of Non-Existence"
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Sheikh Radha, 'Sulaimani, the Haven of the Babans'
Ghada Al-Samman, 'The Eraser'
Mahwi, 'Untitled'
Roseanne Khalaf: Preface to "Beirut: Writing the City"
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Yahya Kemal Beyali, 'Mehlika Sultan'
Mounawar Abbadouchi: 'The City of Mirrors' and 'The Old Mousseline'
Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse, 'The Act of Love'
Joanna Abillama: 'The Serpent Queen'
Jameel Al-Zahawi, 'My Honesty'
Aisha Marie Ahmad Aleiou: 'Ishtar'
Bedirhan Gokce, 'Snow'
Nasri Atallah: 'The Room'
Mohammed Omar Othman, 'Fog and Haze'
Sheikh Raza Talabani, 'The Lover's Malady'
Ziad Dallal: 'An Expression of the City'
Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse, 'Here and There'
Ghiwa Ali Dandish: 'The Cockroach'
Toufic Sarieddine, 'Letter' and 'The Tour'
Nizar Qabbani, 'The Diary of an Uneducated Dog'
Salmi B. Simitian: 'Dreams of Color' and 'Ghadi's House'
Abdulla Pashew, 'The Peddler and the Pack Mule'
Ahamad Mukhtar Jaff, 'The Issue of Conscience'
Jameel Al Zahawi, 'Equality in Age'
Mohammed Omar Othman, 'The Lady of the Red Dress'
Sherko Bekas, 'When I Was a Child'
Sheikh Raza Talabani, “Five Bricks to the Messiah"
Mohammed Omar Othman: 'A Fall Letter'
Nizar Qabbani, 'I Fear'
Mohammed Omar Othman, 'A Telegram'
Yahya Kemal Beyali, 'Silent Ship'
Abdulla Pashew, 'Children, an excerpt'
Matar, 'Optimism'
Acknowledgements

Khalaf

Roseanne Khalaf: Preface to "Beirut: Writing the City"

Some years ago the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa invited me to participate in a conference held in Morocco. The assignment was to write about my own city, Beirut, and later about the old cities of Fez and Casablanca. It proved a challenging and thrilling experience--one that has forever altered the way I view workshops and writing.