MOHAMED SAID RAIHANI’S GUIDELINE TO
MOROCCAN SHORT-SHORT STORY
Hassan Bertal
Short-Short
Stories
Translated by Mohamed Saïd Raïhani
-1-
Cold and the enemy
He was taught to
face the enemy in the battle-field the way he faces cold in winter-time. So, he
went out to war with a hat, a coat and a pair of gloves on.
-2-
Walking Back
He refused to walk
back, back in time.
When he ran to take
the first place in the race, he found himself in the prehistoric era.
-3-
Incest
All of a sudden,
she found herself pregnant illegally.
She could not take
the newly-born baby as a son.
She accused her
father of incest and took the baby as a brother.
-4-
Anti-Feminism
He fought for
liberating his people. When the goal was achieved, he refused to set his wife
free.
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Hassan Bertal, is a Moroccan short-short story
writer, born in Casablanca, Morocco. He published in Arabic "Signs of the
Zodiac" (Short-Short Stories) in 2006 "Rain-bow" (Short-Short Stories) in 2009 …
SAMPLES OF
MOROCCAN CONTEMPORARY SHORT-SHORT STORY
SAMPLES OF
MOHAMED SAID RAIHANI’S SHORT-SHORT STORY
|
Ghandi Forever |
Eskimo Law |
Order of Cheating |
King Edward Lover |
Love & Marriage |
|
The Fifth Gender |
The Man & The Dog |
Humiliation |
Nobody Sees Me! |
Apocalypse, Now! |