"Alte Sachen": From The Life Of An Arab Scrap Dealer In Israel - a Middle East Short Story

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Shoni took on Ima’s features, like a tiny Russian babushka doll, pale, with dark, expressive eyebrows hooked like a bird’s beak. Sofern die Lieferung von Waren vereinbart ist, erfolgt sie an die vom Kunden angegebene Lieferanschrift. Friedlander's collection of stories all take place in Israel and vividly capture the essence of the setting, providing a refreshing and immediate experience for readers. Would it be possible to create simple characters and stories that weren't just accessible for novice learners but could still be enjoyed for what they were?

Sometimes, he used it entertain, telling wild stories, outlandish tales, but other times he cut everyone around him, his words jagged and rough, a stone in our ears. No story feels as though it has ended, and I think this speaks of the real uncertainty of the world; that nobody really knows what’s going to happen next. He wanted some pale Swedish woman to tap on the glass, to watch the boy trapped in amber or floating in formaldehyde, stuck in limbo. The man who sold air in the holy land reminded me that there are fictional novels I can lose myself in where I feel seen and heard, compared to books that blanket ban a religion or see no wrong in an occupation. Is it possible that my simple-minded efforts to keep the lotus stance during the last week offended again my turbid vertebrae?The Man Who Sold Air In The Holy Land is a collection of eleven short stories by Israeli-born author, Omer Friedlander. The huge Antalya airport should easily win the first prize for the most dreadful landing space on earth. I saw Fridge Girl at the edge of the room, dancing with another girl, swaying to music from somebody’s cell-phone and touching each other’s hips, leaning in and whispering and laughing.

In The Sand Collector, a Jewish schoolgirl falls for a Bedouin smuggler who collects sand and significant memories, in jars, labelling them with his neat Arabic script. Adinah’s father explains why she cannot be friends with the girl: their families have been rivals since their ancestors were miniaturists in Spain. It’s one of these infinite things about Israel/Palestine which is a slap in the face of oversimplification.She held out her hand, which he took, and led him away as if to look for a nearby bamboo forest tucked away behind a synagogue. In Jellyfish in Gaza, twin brothers enact several rituals in the belief that it will keep their soldier father, their Aba, safe. When we were in the truck, making the rounds, he was the only one allowed to switch the recording on and off, to hold Aba’s reincarnated voice in his hands. His writing has been supported by the Bread Loaf Work-Study Scholarship, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Tin House and others.