Contents

• House of flesh / Yusuf Idris
• Grandad Hasan / Yahya Taher Abdullah
• Within the walls / Edward El-Kharrat
• The performer / Ibrahim Aslan
• The whistle / Abdul Hakim Kassem
• Suddenly it rained / Baha Taher
• The man who saw the sole of his left foot in a cracked mirror / Lutfi Al-Khouli
• A conversation from the third floor / Mohamed El-Bisatie
• Yusuf Murad Morcos / Nabil Gorgy
• The conjurer made off with the dish / Naguib Mahfouz
• The accusation / Suleiman Fayyad
• A place under the dome / Abdul Rahman Fahmy
• The country boy / Yusuf Sibai
• The snake / Sonallah Ibrahim
• The crush of life / Yusuf Sharouni
• A story from prison / Yahya Hakki
• The child and the king / Gamil Atia Ibrahim