Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “… Wherever you are, death will find you, even if you are in towers, built up strong and tall.” (An-Nisa, 4:78, The Holy Qur’an). Miftah watched as a…
Category: Middle East
‘Nadia’ by Nick Sweet (England)
Short story selected for the 2011 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology “Would it be so difficult for you to make up some stories for me?” Khalid tells me that he has never been one for telling stories, that he…
‘Adolescence’ by Mohammad Aljarmoshi (Jordan)
Short story selected for the 2010 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology A snow-white ceiling, an electric lamp in the middle. This was the first image my eyes captured; I closed them promptly trying to catch the train of somnolence…