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Contents
editor’s welcome_ __________________________________ ieuropean
arab
authors
Faïza Guène:
Men Don’t Cry (novel excerpt)_____________2 Ibrahim al-Koni:
The Scarecrow (excerpts)_ ___________18 _chapter iii - the scarecrow________________________21 _chapter vii - wantahet_ __________________________32 Tahar Ben Jelloun: Ablation (novel excerpt)___________52 _chapter iii - The Decision__________________________55 _chapter iv - The Operation_ _______________________63 _chapter v - Depression_ __________________________67 Alima Hamel: Lyrics & Poems_ _______________________82 Zaher Omareen: Tales of the Orontes River___________102 _blood brothers________________________________105 _the birthmark_ ________________________________113 Najat El Hachmi: The Foreign Daughter (excerpt)______120v