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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

A Pair of Amber Eyes

A Pair of Amber Eyes M Saeed A calm and quiet dread seemed to spread out from the shrouded corpse laid out on the portable hospital bed beneath the dull yellow light. It seemed to cause the doctorís face to become contorted with a pained expression. In contrast, the short male nurseís features... Sign in to see full entry.

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The train

The Train. M, Saeed. The four of them walked together, carrying backpacks like school children, except for the eldest, maybe a twelve-year old, who was dragging her wheeled luggage behind. They would walk a little, then rest. They paused, mesmerized by the big station with its pale lights. They... 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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