Without Hope for Home

Without Hope for Home

Khadijah returned to her room, considering all of her options. She had married Allal hoping that he would provide her with stability; unfortunately, the reality she found was the exact opposite. She discovered him to have no sense...

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Playing with Dolls

Playing with Dolls

She saw light on her grandmother’s lap… she found security and love there. Although he was living in a village at a close distance, her father only visited her once or twice a month bringing her all sorts of dolls, candy or so...

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Haunting Past

Haunting Past

Samyah never fears unemployment, because, as she says, her source of income was born with her, particularly since she is practicing the oldest profession in history, prostitution. No one ever forced her into prostitution; she chos...

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Priceless Bodies

Priceless Bodies

The sun disappeared in the sky’s horizon, when Aminah was finishing uprooting the superfluous grass from the last square of land. Tomorrow will be Saturday, and she will get her weekly wage. As usual, she will buy some sugar, oi...

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Silence of the Sea

Silence of the Sea

Fatimah rushed out of the factory knowing that Idris would be awaiting her in the front yard. She met him, and rushed behind him on the motorcycle heading towards their regular café. Fatimah wasted their dates on insisting on the...

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Another Sunset

Another Sunset

For the thousandth time, Hasna walks her towards the field… As soon as the sun sheds its first morning rays, her gentle hands reach for the sack to placing it on the donkey’s back. She throws her skinny body on the donkey to c...

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