Arabic Short Stories
An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different author and rendered into English by one of the finest translators of Arabic fiction. Among the authors represented are Edward El-Kharrat, Bahaa Taher,...
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An alleyway of Tangier as seen through the eyes of a prostitute, the price paid by a sophisticated Cairene philanderer for his infatuation with a young bedouin girl, the callous treatment a young wife receives from the man to whom she has been married. These are some of the themes of the twenty-four stories in this volume, each by a different author and rendered into English by one of the finest translators of Arabic fiction. Among the authors represented are Edward El-Kharrat, Bahaa Taher, Alifa Rifaat, and Ghassan Kanafani. Through the eyes of insiders, these stories show us the intimate texture of life throughout the diverse countries and cultures of the Arabic world.
Notes on authorsNote on transliterationIntroductionThe Chair Carrier1The Gap in Kaltouma's Fence6My Brother13At a Woman's House22Clocks Like Horses27Advice from a Sensible Young Man40Glimpses from the Life of Maugoud Abdul Maugoud and Two Postscripts46Another Evening at the Club68The Cypriot Man75The Drumming Sands84Cairo is a Small City99The Persian Carpet106Voices from Near and Far111Birds' Footsteps in the Sand116Life by Instalments128Dreams Seen by a Blind Boy135The Trial of the Small Black Woman137Flower Crazy143The Old Man149Distant Seas151The Little Girl in Green154Small Sun158The Slave Fort164The Kerosene Stove169
