I The hot east wind began to blow while it was still night. The dew that had fallen on the standing corn, on the grass and on the trees, dried up. The fellahin, sleeping the weary sleep of toil, tossed…
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The sheikh and his mare
I Sheikh Abu Hatab and his mare were both unhappy. A few weeks earlier the mare had foaled, giving birth to a female. On the day of the birth there had been great rejoicing in the tents of the Sheikh…
The hill of love
I Tel el Hub, the Hill of Love, stands alone and forsaken amid the broad expanse of Gilead, eastward beyond Jordan. You see it on the way from Damascus to Kerak and Amman, and you can catch a sight of…
The vengeance of Humadi
I ‘At last!’ cried Humadi exultingly, as his mare emerged from the narrow ravine among the heights of Golan. For a full day, followed by an endless night, he had been entrapped among the mountains, far from the wide open…
The sheikh’s wife and his mare
Since the day Sheikh Abdullah was taken – God have mercy on his soul – to the true world, to eternal life, the heart of Fatmeh, the sheikh’s widow, turned to his mare for the better, for she had become…
The scapegoat
The thing happened many years ago. In the third class of the train that went from Jerusalem to Jaffa, in a special cell, a murderer was being transported who was accused of a heinous offence – robbery and murder –…
Old Rashid
One of the first days of the month of Shevat. From behind the Judaean Hills, as if from the netherworld, rises a red ball – a ball of fire. The sky is crystal clear and beautiful, not darkened even by…
Nimr
Yahya, a son of Yemen, a devout Muslim and a veteran watchman. In matters of religion, Allah may rest assured and rely on him: he will not violate His commandments. And as to the watch – he is truly a…
Muhammed
That summer there was a terrible famine in the south of the country. From the start of winter and up until its end not a single drop of water fell. The windows of heaven closed and did not open even…
Muhammed Musmari
The middle of the month of Tammuz. Midnight. I left my house to walk to my distant vineyard. Outside the light is as bright as daylight. The moon rules the heavens in all its glory, celebrating its victory. The stars…