Politics – Page 2 – The Short Story Project

A curated collection of short stories surrounding themes of current and past political issues. Stories from all ends of the globe tackling difficult and contentious subject matters, which will give you an authentic point of view into different cultures and make you think.

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Palestine

Emile Habiby

Mandelbaum Gate

Arab-Israeli - arabic literature - history - political - realism

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Iraq

Ali Badr

The Enigmatic Crime of the Signals Private

confession - iran - murder - soldiers - war

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Tunisia

Maha Jouini

The Last Arab Man

arabic literature - female authors - manhood - romance - witty

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Palestine

Iyad Barghouti

The Orange Ribbon

Arab-Israeli - love - political

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Iraq

Samuel Shimon

Two Royalists in Quatorze Juillet (a chapter from “An Iraqi in Paris”)

arabic literature - colonialism - existentialism - lovers - political - sexuality

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Sudan

Omayma Abdullah

The Route through Purgatory

arabic literature - death - refugees - war

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USA

Stephen Vincent Benét

The Curfew Tolls

alternative history - classics - exile - funny - witty

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Sudan

Mansour Mohammad El Souwaim

Jabir Sabeel

absurd - arabic literature - political - surreal

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USA

Mark Twain

Cannibalism In The Cars

American culture - classics - funny - psychological - surreal

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Algeria

Habib Sayah

Chaim and Me (A chapter from novel)

arabic literature - childhood - colonialism - coming of age - racism

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Russia

Vladimir Sorokin

The Pink Tuber

absurd - funny - irony - Soviet Russia - speculative

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Eritrea

Haji Jaber

Black Foam

political - realism - refugees

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