Contents

• Acknowledgments
• The short story in the Arabian Gulf region : origins and development / Deborah S. Akers
• Saudi Arabia. Auntie Khadarjan / Ahmad al-Sibai ; Suq al- Nada / Zahra S. al-Mubi ; The jewelry box / Badriyah al- Bashar ; The impossible / Najat Khayyat ; I was betrayed with a single golden pound / Munirah A. al-Ghadir ; Knowing his secret / Sharifah al-Shamlan ; The shelter / Ibrahim Nassir al-Humaydan ; An encounter / Abd Allah Husayn ; Bloodstains on the wall / Ahmad Bogary ; The sliver polisher / Abd Allah Bakhshawayn ; Reaching you through the letter carrier / Abd al-Aziz MIshri
• Yemen. The corn seller / Zayd Muti’ Dammaj ; Trilling cries of joy / Ali Awad Badib ; A parting shot / Muhammad O. Bahah ; Sanaa does not know me / Muhammad al- Gharbi Umran ; The veiled one / Zayd Salih al-Faqih ; To return by foot / Wajdi al-Ahdal ; The nightmare / Hamadan Dammaj ; Bus #99 / Yassir Abd al-Bagi
• Oman. Oranges in the sun / Yahya bin Salam al-Mundhri ; A crisis at sea / Ali Muhammad Rashid ; A voice from the earth / Ahmad Bilal ; Ghomran’s oil field / Suad al-Arimi ; Sounds of the sea / Saud Bulushi ; The disaster / Muhammad ibn Sayf Rahabi ; The white dog / Sulayman al-Mamami
• United Arab Emirates. The plight / Abd al-Hamid Ahmad ; An idyllic world / Muhammad al-Murr ; Surprise at the airport / Asma’ al-Zaruni ; A bouquet of jasmine / Abd al-Ilah Abd al-Qadir
• Bahrain. That winter / Muhammad Abd al- Malik ; Al-Assadiah / Hasan Isa al-Mahrus ; The dogs / Abd Allah Khalifah ; The siege / Abd al-Qadir Aqil
• Qatar. Layla / Widad Abd al-Latif al-Kawari ; A night of sorrow / Kulthum Jabr ; The storyteller / Hasan Rashid ; A woman / Huda al-Nuaymi ; The checkpoint / Muhsin al- Hajiri ; The prize / Jamal Faiz ; The alley / Nasir al- Hallabi
• Kuwait. The homeland is far away, the roads are many / Layla al-Uthman ; The ID card / Layla al-Uthman ; Hunger / Muna al-Shafii ; The age of pain / Muna al- Shafii ; The return of a captive / Hamad al-Hammad ; New wrinkles / Badr Abu Raqabah ; Guns and jasmine / Layla Muhammad Salih ; Bashrawi / Talib al-Rifai