Contents

Editor`s Corner
On the Fifth Anniversary of ASIA   Bang Min-ho ∣ROK

Feature:Arab Writers Disuss 'Jasmine Fevolution'

The Red Hibiscus Revolution   A. J. Å丶½º A.J | India
Libya's Intellectuals under the Gaddafi Dictatorship — :Suppression at Home – Flourishing in Exile
  Fakhri Saleh ∣Jordan
Angels of the Revolution   Salwa Bakr ∣Egypt
The Middle East: Its Turbulent History and Its Culture   Lee Hee-soo ∣ROK


Conversation
Arab Writer Discusses Democratization in the Middle East —And Do-hyun meets Samuel Shimon
Samuel Shimon ∣IraqIraq, An Do-hyun ∣ROK

Convex Lenz
Naguib Mahfouz, Father of Modern Arabic Literature
Dialog in Celebration of His Ninety-Third Year   Gamal al-Ghitani ∣Egypt
The Seventh Heaven (excerpt)   Naguib Mahfouz ∣Egypt

Poems
The Lamp and more   Adonis ∣Syria
Crossing the North Sea and more   Zahir Al-Ghafri ∣Oman
Exercises in struggling with Loneliness and more   Shawqi Shafiq ∣Yemen
View ¡ª from mouth of the river and more   Kim Man-soo ∣ROK

Short Stories
A Man I Don¡¯t Know   Elias Farkouh ∣Jordan
The Prophecy   Ibrahim al-Koni ∣Libya
The Blacktop Bar   Saleh Al-Dames ∣Tunisia
Where Are You From?   Lee Myeong-rang ∣ROK

Guest Review on the Fifth Anniversary of ASIA
Reflections on Five Years of ASIA   Bruce Fulton ∣USA

Contribution
What is "Asia" or "Asian Culture?"   Shin Gi-wook ∣ROK

Article
On the Construction of the Concept of ¡°Seoul Modernism¡±   Bang Min-ho ∣ROK