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Banipal 74: Celebrating Khalida Said and Modern Arabic Poetry Firas Sulaiman of the rhythms of theThis issue explores and celebrates the development of modernism in modern Arabic poetry: Main feature is on vanguard Syrian literary critic Khalida Said with an especially commissioned interview by Dima al Choukr Articles on Khalida Saids incisive and encyclopaedic works of literary criticism by Abdo Wazen, Fares Youakim and Dima al Choukr Plus Fatima Al Muhsin writing about Saids work on Arab women writers, and Akl Awit celebrating Said, the