By Mariam Mohammed Shaikhan Al Manthari One bright morning by a beautiful shore, an old woman screamed, “My chickens have been stolen.” She put on her abaya and walked past
Librarian’s Lounge: Books on Raw Food
In this issue we focus about books that promote the super healthy raw-food diet. A change of diet usually tops the list of New Year’s resolutions, and nothing is
TALKING BOOKS:Eleanor and Park
I believe that a book that doesn’t leave one thinking about it afterwards is not worth recommending. Eleanor and Park isn’t one of those books. It left me dumbfounded, confused,
Flash Fiction: Red Lips
By Shakir Hussain ‘Red Lips is a degenerate man,’ Nawal said. ‘He’s not bad looking, but he’s degenerate because of his red lips.’ The girls, and there were four of
The Other Eighteen Year Old
The Other Eighteen Year Old By Amal Naseem What’s the difference? I ask as an 18-year-old blessed to have been born into a loving, well to do family – living
LIBRARIANS’ LOUNGE: Helping Build the Knowledge Based Economy
By Vanessa Middleton Librarians are critical to the development of the knowledge based economy; librarians are essential knowledge workers. As big data abounds and pervasive information overload persists; an information
Flying Beds and Invisibility Suits
Flying Beds and Invisibility Suits By Anthony Freeman and Paul Freeman I was digging in the garden while mum was at work when I found a dirty old lamp. As
The Haunted Village
There once was a house made of arish. The sun never entered it, the rain never fell on it and the wind never shook it. Jinn occupied it for more
Talking Books: & Sons by David Gilbert
Gilbert’s little hints, such as A.N. Dyer’s full initials spelling ‘AND’ with the title of the fictitious author being an Ampersand is a direct nudge to Gilbert’s own book title