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Kuwait
Mama Hissa's Mice
Saud Al-Sanousi
Growing up together in the Surra section of central Kuwait, Katkout, Fahd, and Sadiq share neither ethnic origin nor religious denomination-only friendship and a rage against the unconscionable sectarian divide turning their lives into war-zone rubble. To lay bare the ugly truths, they form the protest group Fuada's Kids.
All That I Want to Forget
Bothayna Al-Essa
Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature—both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. Then Fatima meets Isam, a poet like her; they email love letters to each other and meet in secret. Saqr, however, has other ideas: she is married off to Faris, a complete stranger.
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