Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Decision -- A Different Species -- A Slap in the Face -- Abu Abboud -- Birds of a Feather -- Death -- Enemies in a Single House -- Fear Without Walls -- Fishhooks -- Grief of the Night Bird -- The Old Woman -- Ripe Dates and Date Palms -- The Little Tree -- The Peddler -- The Sound of Singing -- Threads of Delusion -- Too Late -- Two Neighbors -- Zaain and Fatima -- The Story of Ibrahim -- About the Authors.