By Rudaina Abdul Khaliq While sitting in a garden, children around me are playing, screaming with alleviation. Flowers are dancing and buds are ready to blossom. Dew drops are
Flash Fiction: The List
By Kwame Dadson Papa spits his words out like shards of sugarcane chaff. “He will have to do it properly.” Abena hears them reverberate round her decorated head
Flash Fiction: The Buckingham Bomb
By Helen Board The Queen stood on the gravel forecourt of Buckingham Palace. An equerry placed a fur coat around her shoulders. She was relieved it was the evening and
I Saw Ramallah by Mourid Barghouthi (translated by Ahdaf Soueif)
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Flash Fiction: Koosa Boosa
(WRITER) Hessa Al Falasi (ILLUSTRATOR) Mariam Fahed Yousif Obaid Al Zaabi Between the shades of the oasis and the height of the dunes, a family lived in Al Ain with
Novelty: A History of the New by Michael North
If the science and arts were to have a common principle, it would be their mutual pursuit of the new. However, is anything truly new if that which is ‘new’
Flash Fiction: The Fateful Decision
(WRITER) Eiman Ebraheem Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi (ILLUSTRATOR) Aysha Saif Ahmed Saif Al Hamrani “Life is all about choices, choose wisely or live the rest of your life in regret.”
Writers Beware: Can you Handle the Flash Fiction Competition?
Do you have a talent? Do you love to write? Then consider entering the Flash Fiction Reading and Writing Competition! What is Flash Fiction? Flash Fiction is a unique
Flash Fiction: Ghareeb
By Fatema Masood Salem Masood Aljneibi Illustrator: Mayyada Abdulhakeem Jaafar Amer Al Katheeri Once upon a time, there was a simple couple that moved to a quiet town. They were happy in