Lotus. Afro-Asian Writings. Journal of Afro-Asian Writers Association. Ceuvres Afro-Asiatiques. Revue de l’Association des Ecrivains Afro-Asiatiques

Contents: In This Issue, pag. 4; Editorial: The Writer and Peace, by Ziad Abdel Fattah, pag. 6; Short Stories: The Dry Hand by Tchicaya U. Tam ‘Si (Congo), pag. 9; The Other Town, by Ibrahim Abdel Megid (Egypt), pag. 14; The Boss Came to Dinner, by Bhisham Sahni (India), pag. 18; The Plane, by Hadia Sa’id (Lebanon), pag. 24; Life By Instalments, by Mohammed Berrada (Morocco), pag. 28; The Bambougouba Queen, by Djibril Tamsir Niane (Nigeria), pag. 32; The Watchman, by Gunasena A. Vithana (Sri Lanka), pag. 44; Chatter, by Dalal Hatem (Syria), pag. 50; The Suit, by Ali Deb (Tunisia), pag. 56; Poems from: Afghanistan, by Abdel Qayoom Qawim, pag. 59; Algeria, by Achour Cheurfi, pag. 60; Cameroon, by Mohammadou Modibbo Aliou, pag. 62; Egypt, by Ahmed Abdel Mo’ty Hijazi, pag. 64; Ethiopia, by Assefa Gabre Mariam, pag. 65; Gabon, by Magang-Ma-Mbusu Wisi, pag. 66; Ghana, by Setheli Ashong-Katai, pag. 76; Iraq, by Lami’a “Assas” Amara, pag. 68; Iraq, by Hamid Sa’id, pag. 72; Mauritania, by Assane Y. Diallo, pag. 74; Mongolia, by D. Tsodol, pag. 77; Palestine, by Samith El-Kassem, pag. 78; Senegal, by Mammadou Traoré Diop, pag. 90; Somalia, by William Syad, pag. 92; Sri Lamka, by Monica Ruvanpathirana, pag. 103; Syria, by Nazih Abu Afash, pag. 94; Syria, by Mohammed Hadify, pag. 100; Syria, by Taha Khalil, pag. 102; Tunisia, Omar Ben Salem, pag. 104; U.S.S.R., by Gholrokhsor Safieva, pag. 105; Zaire, by Claude Kiswa Ndundu, pag. 108; Art: Artists from Asia and Africa, by Emad Haleem, pag. 111; Theatre: The Village, by Bernard B. Dadie (Ivory Coast), pag. 129; Studies: Faiz Gave Us the Living Word, by Pf. Karrar Husain (Pakistan), pag. 135; Book Review: Lotus-Books 1986; Saadi Youssef: A Sky Under the Palestinian Banner, by Presented by B. Al Khatib, pag. 140; Igor Essayev: At the 25th Hour, by Presented By A. Dahbour, pag. 143; The Bells of Memory, by Presented by N. Tawil, pag. 142; Report: Afro-Asian Writers’ Association Meeting held in New Delhi 21-27 December, 1985, pag. 145; International Forum for Nuclear-Free World, for Survival of Humanity, Moscow, Febraury 16, 1987, pag. 147; Mikhail Gorbachev’s Address, pag. 148; To Learn the Art of Living in Peace, pag. 161; Three Days for the Third Millenium, pag. 162; Foreign Guests Speak at Forum: pag. 164, Lisandro Chavez Alfaro, Oskar Davico, Yoko Ono, Svyafoslav Belzra, Kenzaburo Oe, Gulyam Dastagir Pandjsheri, Raul Surita, Milosz Forman, Peter Ustinov, Kate Walker, Stephan Hermlin, Lubomir Levchev, Sonomyn Odval, Nguyen Din Thi, Gunter Wallraff; Statement by His Excellency Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference , pag. 180.