Other a novel by Mohammed Al-Qasabi translated by Hatem Al-Shamea 1 He thrusts the door violently, jolting her awake with a surge of anxiety. She gazes at him in alarm, as if anticipating a momentous decision leaping from her eyes. A surprise overtakes her as his body collapses onto hers, his hands lunging for …
The Quarantine Philosopher Wajdi Al-Ahdal trans. by Hatem Al-Shamea Chapter One “The Great Certainties: The Origin of Every Deception” “In the Zima cemetery, the events of this novel unfold. I won’t delve into the stories of buried humans; instead, I’ll content myself with recounting an entertaining tale about a world unknown to you. I will …
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I Named Her Fatima By Mayasa Al-Nakhlani 0 Things are often not as they appear; what our eyes see is merely the outer shell concealing another world underneath. Many times, this inner world has no connection to the apparent reality, as if the shell that formed and solidified has been influenced by the elements of …
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An excerpt [Two Chapters] from Al-Gharbi Emran’s Yael’s Darkness Chapter One Sana’a The 14th century Hijri The Manuscript of Joudar It was ten o’clock in the morning. Groups of dock workers, vendors lying on the street, and the loudspeaker of a waste-truck echoed loudly. Unemployed people occupied the corners of cafes, while beggars roamed about. …
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The Enamoured Demon-Possessed a novel by Ahmed Abdu Translated By Hatem Al-Shamea Excerption from the novel Prelude We believed in God and that dinosaurs could go extinct, and indeed it happened. However, they left behind herds of cats. These were the words of Ibn Hathoot, uttered when he emerged from seclusion one day, venturing …
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Chapter One It was the season when Mokhtar’s father had deemed him ready for marriage, and Mokhtar assumed the guise of a demure maiden, cloaking himself in an aura of modesty. He was well aware that this façade of shyness was not born out of genuine timidity, but rather an escape from a predetermined fate …
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