Stories

Bikes and Cultures                                                                                                                                 Stories Az-Zahir الظاهر   You are hurling the bicycle from a bridge. It falls right in the deepest part of the river and it soon disappears under the dark current coming from the west mountains. It has been raining since a few days ago and the stream is unusually strong. The river is very high, enough to cover an entire bus under the water. You look downwards to the mesme...

Bikes and Cultures                                                                                                                                  Stories Al-Batin الباطن She heard the noise when the teapot was still falling. It shattered into a thousand pieces. It crumbled in a big bang of small ceramic bits scattered on the kitchen floor (months later she was still finding many blue and white pieces hidden in every corner of the kitchen). It has been a wedding gift from her first boyfriend and she was sorry. That...