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…
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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…
She-devil
1 The hunter Ibrahim was young. Seven days ago, he had reached the end of his eighteenth year. The land where his fathers dwelled was far away – on the banks of the river Tigris. When he was still a…
The wailing of Salhia
I Every winter the wind sweeps down from the north and storms and dashes against the slopes of Mount Tabor, which stands completely exposed on all sides. It races wildly along, uprooting the thorns and thistles at the foot of…