Banipal 40 – Libyan Fiction Samar Yazbek Formerly Literature Director at the

Formerly Literature Director at the Arts Council of Wales

India and in the United States

Michle Deguy

which will be awarded for the firs time in 2006

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Banipal 40 – Libyan Fiction Samar Yazbek Formerly Literature Director at theBanipal's Editor Samuel Shimon writes: "This is Banipal's 40th issue, and what an amazing coincidence that it should be dedicated to the celebration of Libyan literature at such an extraordinary historical moment in the Arab world when the region is witnessing a chain of uprisings and revolutions against dictatorial and corrupt regimes in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and, finally, Libya. "We at Banipal are very proud of this special issue on Libyan