Raïhanyat,
Moroccan Writer Mohamed Saïd Raïhani’s Website
THE SEASON OF MIGRATION TO ANYWHERE
(A Collection of
Short Stories)
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This is the first road board welcoming you at the edge
of your car a few miles away from
"For an Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi
City without slums by 2999"
"For an Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi
City without corruption by 2999"
"For an Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi
City without unemployment by
..."
"For an Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi
City without prisons ..."
"For an Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi
City without..."
"For ..."
I, finally, got to town centre after having read all
the slogans planted all along the way. I stopped the car and went out for a
walk until time comes to attend the conference for which I was invited. I
walked along Boulevard Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi
towards Cinema Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi. I
stopped to examine all the posters announcing the films scheduled for the
following week: Historical films cherishing the efforts and contributions of Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi in enlarging the
With my hands in my pockets, I walked away undisturbed
in the streets of a city which I was discovering for the first time in my life.
I strolled between Insurance Agencies Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Hairdressers’ Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Cafés Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Studios Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef
Al-Thaqafi, Creameries Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Bakeries Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Groceries Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Laundries Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Bars Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Pensions Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Hotels Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Motels Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Garages Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Mosques Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi...
I found myself in the great central square of the city
named after Al-Hajjaj Ben
Youssef Al-Thaqafi. In the middle of the square stood a very
beautiful ivory fountain, architecturally sublime: Fountain Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi. Something,
however, has attracted my curiosity: The deserted place and the absence of any
living action except for the posters plastered on the walls fluttering from
their corners in the air. I got closer to read:
"The Association Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi for Development,
Justice, Culture, Education, Information, Communication, Sports, Human Rights,
Chidren’s Rignts, Women’s Rights and the Rights for Minorities is organizing a
conference on "The Bright Image of Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi, Man of Justice
and Despotism".
At last, I reached the space of the conference but
only to hear the last word in the last
intervention of the last guest:
-"May God bless
Defunct Al-Hajjaj Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi, He
was such an Ideal Judge!"
A storm of cheers and applause filled the space flared
up by a supercharged audience clapping their hands red, wiping away their
watery eyes, showing truthfully their inner minds that have never read, nor
seen nor even heard anything else but Al-Hajjaj
Ben Youssef Al-Thaqafi.
CONTENTS
Al-HAJJAJ CITY
HIS EXCELLENCY MR. THE PRESIDENT
TOURISM X
THE SEASON OF
MIGRATION TO ANYWHERE
ONOMASTICS ANTHOLOGY INTERVIEWS SHORT-STORY CHRONICLES CRITICISM WEBMASTER LINKS
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