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9 Short Stories by Sudanese and South Sudanese Women, in Translation

9 Short Stories by Sudanese and South Sudanese Women, in Translation

Below, read nine vibrant, world-stitching (and un-stitching) short stories by Sudanese and South Sudanese women in English translation: 1. “Steps Astray,” by Rania Mamoun, from her collection Thirteen Months of Sunrise, tr. Elisabeth Jacquette Alzain Mohammed I hadn’t intended to go just as far as my strength could take me, just two streets from home. I meant to go beg from the bakery on the…

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Friday Finds: Omayma Abdullah's 'The Route Through Purgatory'

Friday Finds: Omayma Abdullah’s ‘The Route Through Purgatory’

Sudanese author and engineer Omayma Abdullah has published three short-story collections and three novels:

Her “The Route Through Purgatory” was translated by Nassir al-Sayed al-Nour for The Short Story Project. It opens with anthropomorphized sand swelling around walkers on a journey:

The sands lolled and swam in the sun’s blazing rays all day, then when darkness fell, they patiently waited for…

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