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Libya 3
Muhammad al-Asfar
The Story of a Sock
allegory - arabic literature - existentialism - family - love - poverty - surreal

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Russia 11
alienation - contemplative - loneliness - melancholy - Russia - urban

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Iran 22
Samad Behrangi
Little Black Fish
kids-adventures - kids-animals - kids-coming of age - kids-fairy-tale

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Tunisia 4
Kamal Riahi
The Beretta Always Wins (A chapter from a novel)
arabic literature - contemporary - political - suspense

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Tunisia 2
Aziz Jamal Yahyawi
One of Them
allegory - arabic literature - existentialism - post apocalypse - urban - violence

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Gaza 7
Abdalhadi Alijla
The Nightmare (a chapter from a novel)
arabic literature - dreams - immigration - orient - refugees

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Mexico 8
Fernanda Melchor
Everyone’s Favourite Blonde
femme fatale - Latin America - murder - suspense

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Israel 10
Nurit Zarchi
Madame Bovary from Neveh Tsedek
alternative history - female authors - feminism - passion - Tel-Aviv

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Tunisia 5
Kamal Riahi
Insurrection – A chapter from “The Gorilla”
arabic literature - contemporary - history - insurrection - political

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Israel 4
Nir Soffer-Dudek
Taqsim Hyena
allegory - angst - animals - contemplative - contemporary - mystery

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Israel 4
Tasha Karluka
And Then — Nina Simone Began to Sing
despair - funny - money - Tel-Aviv - urban - witty

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Tunisia 6
Ziad Abd el-Qadir
A Grainless Mill
arabic literature - contemplative - contemporary - writing

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