| Description |
xii, 239 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- The short story in the Arabian Gulf region : origins and development / Deborah S. Akers -- Saudi Arabia -- Auntie Khadarjan / Ahmad al-Sibaʻi -- Suq al-Nada / Zahra S. al-Muʻbi -- The jewelry box / Badriyah al-Bashar -- The impossible / Najat Khayyat -- I was betrayed with a single golden pound / Munirah A. al-Ghadir -- Knowing his secret / Sharifah al-Shamlan -- The shelter / Ibrahim Nassir al-Humaydan -- An encounter / ʻAbd Allah Husayn -- Bloodstains on the wall / Ahmad Bogary -- The silver polisher / ʻAbd Allah Bakhshawayn -- Reaching you through the letter carrier / ʻAbd al-ʻAziz MIshri -- Yemen -- The corn seller / Zayd Muti' Dammaj -- Trilling cries of joy / ʻAli ʻAwad Badib -- A parting shot / Muhammad O. Bahah -- Sanaa does not know me / Muhammad al-Gharbi ʻUmran -- The veiled one / Zayd Salih al-Faqih -- To return by foot / Wajdi al-Ahdal -- The nightmare / Hamadan Dammaj -- Bus #99 / Yassir ʻAbd al-Bagi -- |
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Oman -- Oranges in the sun / Yahya bin Salam al-Mundhri -- A crisis at sea / ʻAli Muhammad Rashid -- A voice from the earth / Ahmad Bilal -- Ghomran's oil field / Suʻad al-ʻArimi -- Sounds of the sea / Saud Bulushi -- The disaster / Muhammad ibn Sayf Rahabi -- The white dog / Sulayman al-Maʻmami -- United Arab Emirates -- The plight / ʻAbd al-Hamid Ahmad -- An idyllic world / Muhammad al-Murr -- Surprise at the airport / Asma' al-Zarʻuni -- A bouquet of jasmine / ʻAbd al-Ilah ʻAbd al-Qadir -- Bahrain -- That winter / Muhammad Abd al-Malik -- Al-Assadiah / Hasan ʻIsa al-Mahrus -- The dogs / ʻAbd Allah Khalifah -- The siege / ʻAbd al-Qadir ʻAqil -- Qatar -- Layla / Widad ʻAbd al-Latif al-Kawari -- A night of sorrow / Kulthum Jabr -- The storyteller / Hasan Rashid -- A woman / Huda al-Nuʻaymi -- The checkpoint / Muhsin al-Hajiri -- The prize / Jamal Faiz -- The alley / Nasir al-Hallabi -- Kuwait -- The homeland is far away, the roads are many / Layla al-Uthman -- The ID card / Layla al-Uthman -- Hunger / Muna al-Shafiʻi -- The age of pain / Muna al-Shafiʻi -- The return of a captive / Hamad al-Hammad -- New wrinkles / Badr Abu Raqabah -- Guns and jasmine / Layla Muhammad Salih -- Bashrawi / Talib al-Rifai -- About the book. |
| Subject |
Short stories, Arabic -- Persian Gulf Region -- Translations into English.
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| Added Author |
Akers, Deborah S., 1955-
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Bāqādir, Abū Bakr Aḥmad.
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| ISBN |
9780894108938 hardcover alkaline paper |
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089410893X hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780894108693 paperback alkaline paper |
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0894108697 paperback alkaline paper |
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