Dark
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The Undoing
You ask to see me, and there you are again, in the same olive-green jacket-the color of the…
Awaiting Moonrise
For the third Friday in a row, I wake to the men’s call to prayer fighting against the…
Châtelet
Châtelet’s long grey corridors seemed to stretch forever into the silence of the night. The more we walked,…
Three Bastards
Road N13 is closed because of snow. It’s been coming down all night, so thick that cars…
A Distant Grandmother Weeps in the Dark
Sometimes your day begins at three in the morning, to fragments of a dream whose details you can…
PETRA
From the day he arrived, Petra was clear about one thing: he was…
Florence and Normandie
The Los Angeles race riots of 1992, triggered by the acquittal of four LAPD officers who had brutally…
And Wear Your White Shawl at My Funeral
On the banks of the Euphrates, in the district of al-Rumaitha, in the city of Samawah in southern…
Elixir of Life
Hearts full, tiny feet raced the sun’s rays across the land. The dust embraced resplendent grapevines, with heavy…
A Dream not my own
(1) Aria It was as if I’d just landed in a small village…