While he was approaching the bridge's gate, his mind was re-counting carefully the cost of his about-to-be trip:
“Twenty riyals for the gate fees.” he said implicitly and continued, “Fifteen riyals for the...
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Abdullah Al Wesali
Abdullah AL WESALI (fiction writer; Saudi Arabia) is the author of short story collections [The Glow of Dusty Times] (2003) and [Gametes] (2010), and the novel [One Foot of Thickness] (2009), presently banned in his home country. Al Wesali is the coordinator of the Dammam Cultural Forum of the Saudi Arabian Society for Culture & Arts, and writes a weekly column on social issues for the daily Alyaum. His most recent novel [Predestinations of the Township] was published earlier in 2014.
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The number I dialed was engaged, so I put my mobile phone to one side. I was gripping the steering wheel with both hands when a traffic jam appeared up ahead, between the concrete barriers on the side of the road.... media_text
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The gallows had been set up that morning in the middle of town and they were still causing fear and provoking question about who might fill the noose’s swinging vacancy. The setting sun seemed to be warning the ruler... media_text
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During IWP’s 2014 Fall Residency in Iowa City, I encountered on more than one occasion some unusual questions and impressions about my stories. In preparation for the residency, which lasts for 10 weeks, the... media_text
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مُدُنٌ ظامئةٌ لوجوهِ النساء في بردِ ضحى يناير المشمسِ سرق توحدي رفيفُ ذيلِ عباءةِ إحداهن كبيرقٍ أسودٍ على رصيفِ (ستاربكس). ... media_text
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His mother was rapping the iqaal which his father had chosen for him around his new white ghutra, keeping it a little spread out so as to hold the cloth firmly in place. In the five years of school he’d been wearing... media_text
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[Concept definition:Religion will hereby be used to refer to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, while writing refers to creative writing.] “Catholics should consider boycotting the film "The Da Vinci Code" to... media_text
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