THE MOROCCAN DREAM

THE ANTHOLOGY OF FREEDOM

AN ANTHOLOGY OF MOROCCAN NEW SHORT STORY, VOLUME 3

The Octopus Of Modern Times

-Short Story-

Written by Malika Assal

Translated by Mohamed Saïd Raïhani

"Hey you there, disguised between the circles of Time

So mild under the crust,

I smelt your perfume in my murderer!

Like a butterfly, you hang down, broadly smiling

But when I reach out to grab you,

You withdraw back to your velvet world

And you never peep out again

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When I reach out to grab you,

You fly across your affluent rainbows

I do not know where to.

Yet, I never get tired.

The horses in me are urging pursuit,

The seedlings of desire are burning

And I am rushing towards you.

Malika Assal

From her poem "O Freedom, You Are Worth Your Weight in Gold!"

Malika Assal

Moroccan poetess and short-story writer

Born on June 13th 1954, in Ben Ahmed / Settat City, west of Morocco

Author of:

"Tear drop"

(Collection of poems) in 2005,

"Fanciful Heavens"

(Collection of short stories) in 2006.

She is getting ready for printing:

"Yesterday’s Tattoo on the shrines"

(Collection of poems),

"Cities Reconsidered"

(Collection of short stories),

“When shall we eat Adam's apple”

(Collection of poems)…

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* The writer, Malika Assal is a Moroccan poetess and short-story writer, Born on June 13^th 1954, in Ben Ahmed / Settat City, west of Morocco. She is the author of: "Tear drop" (Collection of poems) in 2005, "Fanciful Heavens" (Collection of short stories) in 2006.

She is getting ready for printing: "Yesterday’s Tattoo on the shrines" (Collection of poems), "Cities Reconsidered" (Collection of short stories), “When shall we eat Adam's apple” (Collection of poems)…

*The translator, Mohamed Saïd Raïhani, is a Moroccan translator, scholar & short-story writer, born on December 23^rd 1968 in Ksar El Kébir. He published in Arabic "The Singularity Will" (A Semiotic Study on First-names) 2001, "Waiting For the Morning" (Short stories) 2003,"Thus Spoke Santa Lugar-Verde" (Short stories) 2005, "The Season Of Migration to Anywhere" (Short stories) 2006, "The Three Keys: Freedom, Dream & Love" (An anthology of Moroccan New Short Story in Three Volumes) 2006-2007-2008, "The History of Manipulating Professional Contests in Morocco" (Syndical manifestos in Two Volumes) 2009-2011, "Death of the Author" 2010…

He is getting ready for printing:"Beyond Writing & Reading " (testimonies) , "Kais & Juliet" ( Novel) and ""When Photo Talks" (Photo-Autobiography).

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