Under the Naked Sky : Short Stories from the Arab World

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