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The story is based on real eventsMay 2, 1999, there were three weeks left until the end of the training season. I was a non-contracted teacher at the Institution of Vocational Training in Biskra - Central - a simple job I got after pulling a few strings with one of my relatives in the capital. It was a normal Sunday, I closed my apartment, got on bus number three, stopped at the hospital, and crossed the street to the training center which was new at the time, so new that its pale green paint today was as shiny as the grass of a football sta...
It was the sixth marriage ceremony in the Zair family of seven children, their late father was a truck driver who drove for a private company across the border to Mauritania where he met his wife, who was an embassy employee, his only son who was still single was montaser, his youngest , and who was no match for the father's social capabilities, He preferred solitude and deep conversations, and that Thursday was no exception... In terms of his isolation, of course deep conversations are not a strong point in wedding parties, especially when ...
Disclaimer: arabic is my first language so forgive me for any minor mistakes. The story contains some sensitive content . "We are running out of time and we have a new member to introduce.". Said Fouad, the head of the treatment group that the state forced me to get involved in after the horrific events of the al-wataya, for the past few days I have been avoiding mentioning what happened to me hoping that no one would notice, but today Fouad tightened his grip on me, and I found nothing but talking as a way to escape, so I started : Today,...
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