RUNNING IN THE MUD

   The brawny brothers with their curled moustaches and sharp-looks had a charming sister. She was above all descriptions and phantom.

   At that time, I tried to stop looking at her, but I failed. I tried to call for help, but the words couldn't get out. She bewitched me to the bottom, I used to see her in the sea, rivers, hills and between the stones, striking me in every moment as a green bird, which hovered in the far skyline. Her brother's swords surrounded her everywhere, to protect her from the evil looks of the strangers.

   A rumor was spread; I got out hastily to find the truth. When I arrived, I found her laying in a pool      of blood. And the stranger was still devouring her intestines. While we were looking astonished, her brothers were staring at the stabbed arrows in her body and sipping their red glasses........

          DOHA - MAY 1996

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* It was published in Al-watan and Al-Arab Qatari newspapers in 21-5-1996.

* It was published in Al-sharq Qatari newspaper in 22-5-1996.

* It was published in the "Qatari ingenuity "- produced by the literary salon of Al-jassrah cultural and societal club. Renoda modern printing press - Doha 1996 (Page 263).