Saeeds new world: The Soldier and the pigs.

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Friday, October 12, 2007

The Soldier and the pigs.

The soldier and the pigs M, Saeed. Samer opened his eyes. What he saw scared him half to death. His heart was pounding violently against his rib cage. What on God’s earth was this? An enormous snorting wild bore was lying on its back less than six feet away. Its short legs were pointing in the air... Sign in to see full entry.

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I am a well known Iraqi writer, with more than 20 books published, one of them has been translated to English Language in London 2003, I granted a political asylum 7 years ago. I currently live in Chicago and write stories, articles, and novels. My first book, Port Saeed and Other Stories, was published in 1957 in Baghdad when I was 19 years old. Since that time I have written more than 15 books of fiction (4 of which were lost or destroyed in Iraq) as well as hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles. My novel, Bin Barka Ally (Zankat Bin Barka), written in 1970, was published in 1993 in Amman, Jordan and won the Best Iraqi Novel Award the same year with over 23 critical literary reviews and articles written about it. Also, The End of the Daylight, published in 1996 by Alhiat House (Beirut, Lebanon), won the Story Club First Place Award in Cairo, Egypt. The last novel of mine Two Lost Souls, been translated to English language lately, now I have many short stories ready to publ

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