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القراءة بين الإكتشاف والتأويل
القراءة بين الإكتشاف والتأويل
By: Aziz Altamimi on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Essays

كثيرة هي المحاولات التي تشتغل على إعادة فلسفة مفهوم القراءة من حيث هي عملية إكتشاف قبل أن تكون تأويل للنص المكتوب ، ويبدوا للوهلة الأولى أن مفهوم الإكتشاف أقرب إلى تأكيد صحة الإدعاءات التي تدعِّم مفهو...

Figure in Repose
Figure in Repose
Translation Shakir Mustafa
By: Mahmoud Saeed on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

Boston University “Did you hear the doorbell ring?” He asked her, his eyes still closed. “Go back to sleep--it’s the athan(1). She turned her back to him, and her head san...

The Soldier and the pigs
The Soldier and the pigs
Translated by Dr. Ahmad Sadry
By: Mahmoud Saeed on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

Samer opened his eyes. What he saw scared him half to death. His heart was pounding violently against his rib cage. What on God's earth was this? An enormous snorting wild bore was lying on its b...

Joud and Hashem
Joud and Hashem
By: Mahmoud Saeed on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

The ringing of the phone came like a sharp slap. I woke up. “Who is it?” “I’m Tony,” a man’s voice said. “I’m very sorry to wake you up at this time.&r...

The Train
The Train
By: Mahmoud Saeed on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

The four of them walked together, carrying backpacks like school children, except for the eldest, maybe a twelve-year old, who was dragging her wheeled luggage behind. They would walk a little, then r...

Bitter Morning
Bitter Morning
Translated by: Dr Shakir Mustafa
By: Mahmoud Saeed on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

Professor, Boston University. Cock-a-doodle-do . . . cock-a-doodle-do. She was awakened by the cock’s shrill calls. She giggled. She turned her eyes to the window and called out at the cock....

تأملات في فلسفة الوجود والحياة
تأملات في فلسفة الوجود والحياة
By: Alaeldin Al-Araji on: Monday 23 October 2017 - Genre: Poetry

أيُهـذا الساري بــدربِ الحياةِ وطويتَ العقـــودَ والسنواتِ وخـَبَـرتَ الأحداثَ في كل فجّ ٍ هل تـَرى لـُجـَّة َ الكيان العاتي؟ هل تعي ما يدورُ في أيِّ صَـقع ٍ تحت أبصارِنا وفي الذراتِ ؟ * * * نح...

فصول مختارة من رواية عزازيل
فصول مختارة من رواية عزازيل
By: Youssef Ziedan on: Saturday 21 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

إهـداءٌ خاصٌ جداً : إلى آية .. تلك يا ابنتى ، آيتى ، التى لم تُجعل للعالمين ! لِكُلِّ امرئٍ شَيْطَانُهُ ، حَتَّى أَنَا ، غَيْرَ أَنَّ الله أَعَانَنى عَلَيْهِ فَأَسْلَمَ .. (حديثٌ شريف ، رواه...

1/4 Gram - The Novel
1/4 Gram - The Novel
By: Editor on: Saturday 21 October 2017 - Genre: Book Reviews

“1/4 Gram” is a 648-page Social Novel, which is based on a true story. Plot Line: Salah, the narrator, tells the story of a group of friends who try a quarter gram for the first time duri...

الجثمان
الجثمان
By: Ayman Yassin on: Saturday 21 October 2017 - Genre: Stories

لطمته الكلمات القصيرة..مات رضيعه بعد أن تنسم عبق الحياة يوما أو بعض يوم..تركه الطبيب إلى موظف مسئول لاستكمال بعض الاستمارات..أوراق كثيرة بصم عليها لا يدري ما بها..تنفس الموظف براحة و لملم الأوراق ثم أ...

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