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Banipal 34 – The World of Arab Fiction Rawdha al-Belushi This is the first newBanipal 34 Spring 2009 The first issue this year is devoted to fiction writers from all over the Arab world from Egypt and Iraq, from Libya, Morocco, Palestine and Syria, and from Saudi Arabia. But we begin with tributes to the great writer Tayeb Salih, who sadly passed away in February and also pay tribute to two writers, Bassam Hajjar from Lebanon, and Yusuf Abu Rayya from Egypt, both aged 54. TAYEB SALIH (19292009) Tribute by Denys Johnson Davies