Under the Naked Sky Short Stories from the Arab World

by Johnson-Davies, Denys

• ISBN13: 9789774247804
• ISBN10: 9774247809
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

From the renown translator of Arabic works into English, a diverse collection of voices from throughout the Arab World

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
The Pilot	7	(3)
Mohamed Makhzangi
It's Not Fair	10	(4)
Yusuf Idris
The Ill-Omened Golden Bird	14	(9)
Ibrahim al-Koni
Traveler with Hand Luggage	23	(4)
Naguib Mahfouz
Death of a Dagger	27	(6)
Zakaria Tamer
Have You Seen Alexandria Station?	33	(3)
Abdou Gubeir
Women in Fear	36	(10)
Inaam Kachachi
An Invitation	46	(11)
Gamal al-Ghitani
The Dog	57	(3)
Abd al-Aziz Mishri
A Dash of Light	60	(5)
Ibrahim Aslan
The Cloud	65	(6)
Fuad al-Takarli
The Clock	71	(3)
Khairy Shalaby
Fear	74	(21)
Ghalib Halasa
Out in the Open	95	(5)
Yusuf Abu Rayya
The Sound of Singing	100	(8)
Salma Matar Seif
The Charge	108	(12)
Edwar al-Kharrat
The Apples of Paradise	120	(11)
Brahim Dargouthi
Corncobs	131	(11)
Salwa Bakr
Snake Hunting	142	(7)
Mohamed Zefzaf
The Money Order	149	(4)
Mohamed EI-Bisatie
To the Night's Shelter	153	(13)
Mohamed Khudayir
The Man Shouldn't Know of This	166	(3)
Hanan al-Shaykh
The Day Grandpa Came	169	(7)
Mahmoud AI-Wardani
My Fellow Passenger	176	(6)
Ibrahim Samouiel
The Women's Room	182	(3)
Hana Atia
It Happened Secretly	185	(11)
Amina Zaydan
Whiteness of Silver	196	(15)
Abdullah Bakhshaween
The Return of the Prisoner	211	(8)
Buthayna al-Nasiri
A Boat on the Water	219	(4)
Said al-Kafrawi
Presence of the Absent Man	223	(11)
Alia Mamdouh
About the Authors	234