FOREWORD BY ROGER ALLEN INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 [JORDAN] [ABOUT JORDAN] # : [NIZAR HUSSAIN RASHID: A LIGHTED WINDOW] : [AYMAN DARWISH: THE KINGDOM OF SILENCE] : [NIZAR HUSSAIN RASHID: SHADOW OF A WOMAN] CHAPTER 2 [UAE] [ABOUT THE UAE] : [SHARIFA AL HINAI: THE HEAT] : [MANAR AL HINAI: FROM LOVE THAT KILLED KHALFAN] : [SANAA HUSSEIN AL-MARZOUKI: YOUR PRESENCE] CHAPTER 3 [BAHRAIN] [ABOUT BAHRAIN] : [ABDULLAH KHALIFA: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS] : [HAMDA KHAMIS: IN THE REHAB OF SOLITUDE] CHAPTER 4 [ALGERIA] [ABOUT ALGERIA] : [ISSA BIN MAHMOUD: RITE OF WRATH] : [MUHAMMAD AL-SALEH QARF: A SENSE OF PLACE] : [SOBHA BGHORA: TEARS WITH A HEARTBEAT] CHAPTER 5 [SAUDI ARABIA] [ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA] : [ZAINAB HEFNI: A WOMAN ON THE CRATER OF A VOLCANO] : [MAJED SULEIMAN: A CHILDHOOD WOVEN BY A GRANDFATHER''S PROPHECY] : [MOHAMMED AL-RASHIDI: SPIT] CHAPTER 6 [SUDAN] [ABOUT SUDAN] : [ABDEL AZIZ BARAKA SAKEN: TEETH DO NOT SING] : [EMAD AL-BLAIK: THE HOLY CAT] : [ADEL YOUSSEF: AL-BASAS''S MANUSCRIPT AFTER HIS LAST NIGHTMARE] CHAPTER 7 [SOMALIA] [ABOUT SOMALIA] : [KHADIJA SHUKRI: LET''S KEEP THE DOOR AJAR AFTER EVERY IDEA, AS THERE ARE DEGREES OF COLORS] : [NORA MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM: I HATE THAT WOMAN] : [HAIFA HUSSEIN ABED: A DEFERRED HATE MESSAGE] CHAPTER 8 [IRAQ] [ABOUT IRAQ]# : [MUHAMMAD ALWAN JABR: THE HISTORY OF A CHARIOT] : [ABDUL-JABBAR AL-HAMDI: MAY I HAVE A GLASS OF WHISKEY?] CHAPTER 9 [KUWAIT] [ABOUT KUWAIT] : [TASNEEM YAHYA AL HABIB: THE SMELL OF MEMORY] : [LAILA AL-OTHMAN: THE ABAYA HAS ANOTHER FACE] : [REHAB AL-HINDI: THE DELIRIUM OF A HALF-SANE WOMAN] CHAPTER 10 [MOROCCO] [ABOUT MOROCCO] : [MUHAMMAD AL-BALI: BETRAYED HIS LIFE] : [ABDUL-JABBAR AL-ALAMI: THE MILL] : [ZAHRAT EZZ: A MIDNIGHT NIGHTMARE] CHAPTER 11 [YEMEN] [ABOUT YEMEN] : [NADIA KAWKABANI: THE TROUBLES] : [HANAN AL-WADI''I: THERE ARE MANY CHANCES TO DIE] : [MOHIELDIN GERMA: STOLEN MOMENTS] CHAPTER 12 [TUNISIA] [ABOUT TUNISIA] : [ZAHREH ZAHIR: SPACE FOR A DREAM] : [IBRAHIM DARGHOUTI: HEAVEN''S APPLES] CHAPTER 13 [SYRIA] [ABOUT SYRIA] : [ZAKARIA TAMER: TIGERS ON THE TENTH DAY] : [SALWA AL NUAIMI: PROOF OF HONEY] : [JAMIL TAMAL: THE GIRL IN THE WHITE STRAW HAT] CHAPTER 14 [OMAN] [ABOUT OMAN] : [LAILA AL BALUSHI: A GIRL NAMED RAWYA] : [ZOUINA AL TOWAYH: PHOTOS AND DETAILS] : [MUHAMMAD BIN ABDUL RAHMAN KART AL JAZMI: WAVES DO NOT CALM DOWN] CHAPTER 15 [PALESTINE] [ABOUT PALESTINE] : [MAHMOUD SHUKAIR: PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE] : [NIDIA KAYALI'': I SAW IT IN YOUR CUP] CHAPTER 16 [QATAR] [ABOUT QATAR] : [DALAL KHALIFA: IN MY POCKET] : [JAMAL FAYEZ: THE WOODEN DOOR] : [JAMAL FAYEZ: THE SHADOW IS BURNING] CHAPTER 17 [LEBANON] [ABOUT LEBANON] : : [MICHAEL NAIMA: THE SWORD AND THE REED] CHAPTER 18 [LIBYA] [ABOUT LIBYA]# : [AMAL FARAJ AL-AYADI: WET CURD] : [AMAL FARAJ AL-AYADI: A TALE OF TOMATOES, COTTON, AND EMPTINESS] : [RADWAN ABU SHWEISHA: IT''S ELEVEN O''CLOCK, THIEVES TIME] CHAPTER 19 [EGYPT] [ABOUT EGYPT] : [NAGUIB MAHFOUZ: THE WISDOM OF DEATH] : [MAMDOUH RIZK: PLAYING WITH BUBBLES] : [AIDA BADR: THE BRIDGE] CHAPTER 20 [MAURITANIA] [ABOUT MAURITANIA] : [UMM KULTHUM AL-MAALI: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SALESWOMAN] : [AHMED OULD ASLAM: THE FUGITIVE FRAGRANCE] : [GAMAL OULD MOHAMED OMAR: COMA] ABOUT THE AUTHOR.