[CONTENTS]

Editor¡¯s Corner
Asia, the Roads Taken and Ahead
Lee Dae-hwan£üROK

Focus: Asian Literature and Diaspora - Nation-states and Dictatorship  
Iraq: A Long Phantasmagorical Dream
Ali Bader£üIraq
Korean Literature and North Korean Escapees
Bang Min-ho£üROK

Convex Lens: An Egyptian Writer Sonallah Ibrahim
Being an Egyptian Writer
Sonallah Ibrahim£üEgypt
Zaat
Sonallah Ibrahim£üEgypt

Short Stories
A Mansion in the Sky
Goli Taraghi£üIran
Scenes from an Alley
Le Minh Khue£üVietnam
Tow Brothers
Suchen Christin Lim£üSingapore
Somewhere in the Bolivian Jungle
Choi In-seok£üROK

Poems
Speed and more
Abdullah Al Ryami£üOman
The War Works Hard and more
Dunya Mikhail£üIraq
The boy spits and more
Lee Gi-in£üROK

The Modern Internationals of Asia 1- the Philippines, Jose Rizal
An Indelible Footprint: Jose Rizal & the Philippines
Bang Hyun-seok£üROK
Masonry
Jose Rizal£üPhilippines
Rizal and the Southeast Asian Renaissance
Fidel V. Ramos£üPhilippines

Essay
The Dangerous Power of the Material
Park Kyoung-lee£üROK

Writers¡¯ Views
The Most Misread Person in 2007-Lee Ang
Qiu Li Ben£üChina

Arabian Nights of 21st Century-Ali Bader, Midnight¡¯s Maps
In the Shadow of the Grand Bazar-Istanbul
Ali Bader£üIraq

Viewpoint
It is Better to Light a Candle Than to Lament the Darkness
Yang Hee-q£üROK

Supplement
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