“License and registration,” he said. The words shook her awake: the open wounds of rejection, the signing of the divorce papers, the empty, silent house, the...

Jasmine breathed in the perfume-filled air as she battled her way through the crowd of bodies, slick with sweat and alcohol. She loved this place. The neon l...

تتميز هبة بالحركة الزائدة والنشاط المستمر الذي لا ينتهي، عيناها العسليتان تدوران يمنة ويسرة لمدّ يد العون للجميع، وتهب للمساعدة فور سماع اسمها.. شعرهاالأشقر ...

كان مالك شديد الحرص على بر والده ومساعدته في معمل الحلويات الخاص بهم، ينزل كل يوم باكرًا ليأخذ صواني البقلاوة، فيضعها على رأسه فوق الوسادة الصغيرة لتحفظ له ت...

فور خروجه سالما من المعركة الصباحية المعتادة بينه وبين زوجته ، يغلق الباب ويخطو مسرعا نحو الخارج ويقف للحظة ليتأكد من سلامة هيئته ويتحسس جسده ، وحينما يطمئن ...

14 - أَيَّار– 1948 - آخذكم من بين الامم واجمعكم من جميع الاراضي وآتي بكم الى ارضكم هكذا يقول السيد الرب 6- حَزِيرَان- 628 – ستة أيام منذ بدأ الحصار وكأن القر...

في بلاد الغربة، تكون الحياة رتيبة، حتى لطفل صغير، لا يجد من يلعب معه. تصورت أن عالم المدرسة سيلبي هذا الاحتياج، ولكن واجهتني مشكلة…مشكلة "حامد". لا أحد يعرف ...

You know, I think the first time I ever met his sister was when I went to his house one day, in the middle of a thunder storm, and it was pouring rain. I was...

The new apartment we had recently moved into was located at the foot of the mountain in a neighborhood whose intriguing name, Fanar, the ‘lighthouse,’ promis...

5 pm at last! I mechanically walked to the exit door waving to my colleagues goodbye as I silently sneaked out of the office. Such a relief to be outside! I ...

It had been three days since my request. He didn’t call or text. A strange feeling came over me. I was confused to the point where I was afraid to describe h...

The first time I visited my relatives in China I was eleven. You can imagine the culture shock; I had grown up accustomed to the material comforts of America...

تحقق حلم عصام ها هو صاحب الشركة المسن قرر اخيراً ان يسجل نصف اسهم الشركة الهندسية العملاقة باسمه، اكثر من عشرين عاماً وهذا الحلم يعيش داخل عصام، اوراق التسجي...

رجل هذا الزمان هكذا يرى خالد نفسه، يقف امام المرآة بزهو، بعد ان يكون قد مارس رياضيته الصباحية، فهو يحب ان يحتفظ بكل المعدات الرياضية التي تحافظ له على رشاقت...

لم أرى جارتي العجوز منذ أيام، فلقد اعتدت رؤويتها برفقة كلبها كل صباح، ممسكة بعكازها، تلفت نظري أناقتها التي لا تفارقها، فأخر مرة رأيتها شعرت ان هذه السيدة...

Not long ago, she had her life all under control. Her priorities were set. Her daily schedule was immaculate. Her work was number one. Until he showed up. He...

For forty years Lot lived at the edge of town near the railroad tracks and an old abandoned factory. He rarely ventured outside during the week. The bustling
He was all fire and fury, eyes ablaze in the night. The neighbor fled in terror. Attia remained by the door, an immovable force ready for a protracted battle with Lot. “Woman, tonight four guests will arrive,” he proclaimed in a tone of hardening authority. “I saw them in my sleep. They come on winged horses. They are me

Ola was the pesky three-year-old daughter of a twenty-year-old elementary school teacher. Every night after she is put to bed, Ola annoyed her mother with pe...

“I got this. How would she say no?” I thought to myself as I walked into Maria Reis’s office 30 minutes before class started, equipped with confidence, a bla...

The first time I learned that I was in love with Gamal was also the first time I learned everything I know about love. Gamal and I were in the second year of...