he has published four collections of poetry as well as New and Selected Poems (reisued by Dedalus in 2007)
It is the House of the traveller
and was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award and longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award
His other novels are An Absence of Ruins (1967) and Die the Long Day (1972)
stretching for who knows where
Where We Find Ourselves Halim Barakat he has published four collectionsStories and poems from thirty nine UK based writers of the Global Majority from African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Carribean, South American, Chinese and Malay communities write about maps and mapping. Stories and poems of finding oneself and getting lost, colonialism and diaspora, childhood exploration and adult homecoming. Authors: Alexander Williams, Alireza Abiz, Amanda Addison, Ambrose Musiyiwa, Anita Goveas, Be Manzini , Benson Egwuonwu, Catherine