Travel - A Collection Of Short Stories | The Short Story Project

A collection of travel short stories from around the world on what happens when we decide to take on the road. Take them with you when you travel or travel in their inner world. Either way, these stories will be a trusty companion wherever you may end up.

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Palestine

Ziad Khadash

A Short Story Writer Who doesn’t Obey Army Orders

absurd - Arab-Israeli - arabic literature - irony - violence - writing

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Israel

Ilana Hammerman

Seeing them see the sea

contemplative - Israeli-Palestinian - political

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Gaza

Abdalhadi Alijla

The Nightmare (a chapter from a novel)

arabic literature - dreams - immigration - orient - refugees

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Syria

Jan Dost

The Veiled Man

arabic literature - father and son - homosexuality - horror - Oedipal - violence

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Egypt

Mohammed Salah Rajeh

The Seventh Floor

allegory - Arab-Israeli - contemporary - religion - speculative

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Tunisia

Kamal Riahi

Moscow

arabic literature - objectification - Russia - sexuality

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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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Spain

Hipólito Gonzales Navarro

Ligaments

funny - journey - Latin America - love

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USA

Mimi Broihier

The Mother of all Defiance – Fourth Place

coming of age - melancholy - memories

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Eritrea

Haji Jaber

Black Foam

political - realism - refugees

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Israel

Edna Shemesh

And The Sea Is Not Full

coming of age - family - holocaust

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