CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE HANNA IBRAHIM ELIAS'S SELECTED SHORT STORIES -- A HOLY SITE -- INTRUDERS?! -- MY YOUNG FRIEND -- FAMILY RE- UNION -- THE INFORMER -- AS-SAYYED'S SPACE -- FATHERS AND SONS -- PART TWO MOHAMMAD ALI SAEID'S SELECTED SHORT STORIES -- MABRUK -- THE STATUE -- THE NEIGHBORS' STORY -- THE DELIVERY -- THE PROCESSION -- AHMAD AND MORDEKHAI -- A CUP OF TEA -- THE STREET -- THE FUNERAL -- WHILE WAITING FOR THE VERDICT -- HAYAT: A SHORT STORY -- THE JOB -- DEVOURING: A VERY SHORT STORY.