Banipal 70 (Spring 2021)Banipal 70 Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem is a rich issue of diverse authors and literary news to inspire and enthuse you in this continuing time of Covid 19. The main feature on Palestinian author Mahmoud Shukair is a gift to the great Jerusalemite on his 80th birthday which took place in March this year with articles, short stories, reviews of his two collections in English translation, and his trilogy of novels of Jerusalem family life. Two

he sat And closed his aching eyes

to a second life

in Louis MacNeice's phrase

Titles like ‘The ExPats’

to explore subjects that arrest us today

eye-pained

unforgettable achievement yet – one that ceaselessly communicates with our cultural history at all levels

I ran downstairs

and these photographs portray a snapshot of their way of life during this upheaval

translated by Shon Arieh-Lerer

Samuel Shimon: Film script

Neil Jordan