"Short stories from 25 emerging and established writers of Middle Eastern and North African origins, a unique collection of voices and viewpoints that illuminate life in the global Arab/Muslim world. Stories from the Center of the World gathers new writing from the Greater Middle East, a vast region that stretches from Southwest Asia, through the Middle East and Turkey, and across Northern Africa. The 25 authors included here are either native to...

Narrates the story of a family migration from the desert to a urban area, and how they deal with the changes that take place, and the problems the family faces.

A story of a Canadian family of Palestinian origins who decide to spend the summer vacation in the city of their origin, Jaffa, where they experience events that affect the Palestinians in the territories.

One of the two main protagonists, Eid, reminisces about his boyhood and youth and his relationship with his close friend Azar, who left the city of Qamishli suddenly, with his Jewish family.

"Her longing for me makes me lose my mind! I often ask myself, 'Do you really love me? I don't remember that I am a creature of love!' Since childhood, they have said that I am boringly ordinary, 'there is no way.' Even in childhood, I was easy-going. My brother and sister had stories and anecdotes, experiences of love, abandonment, and anger." And joy, I was not like them. I loved one of them in silence, and left her from afar. I had no stories or...