Er is onrecht dat niet wordt vergetenen een verlangen dat nooit dooftEr is pijn verstopt in een verborgen hoekdie niemand zietEn een constante angstom nog eens te verliezen ’s Ochtends ontwakenis een routine van steeds terugkerende pijnalsof het verlies nu gebeurtJe glimlachtof probeert hetmaar het lukt nietWant glimlachenis een vreemd lichamelijk gebaar gewordendat niet meer... Continue Reading →
Excerpt from “Women from Brussels” novel (2019/2020) Maryam
It wasn't long before she saw the looks of that young man, aware of howattractive her body was with these short shorts.She arrived with friends to Saint-Gery, asked for a glass of water, whileeveryone asked for his favorite beer, as Belgium is famous for its beerindustry, especially "Triple Carmelite". Occasionally, she shared alcoholwith them, but... Continue Reading →
Adoring him in his absence
I put on my red blouse, carried my laptop, as a common practice of most youth nowadays, and left home with no real sense of time. I had the desire to walk alone. Night fell swiftly and I was too over-thinking to observe it stretching over the road ahead of me. I got into my... Continue Reading →
Sounds from the war knock on our memory (2009)
My story evolves during the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip. These are examples of people, fathers, children, that lost their parents. Unexpectedly killed. Anyone can die at any given moment. house is bombarded to the ground. They are looking for their sister through the rubble of the house. Six months ago already, and I... Continue Reading →
Excerpt from “Women from Brussels” novel (2019/2020)
Maha grew up in the Syrian refugee camp of Yarmouk, where her father married at a late age. She had lost her mother to cancer when she was fifteen, and a peel of her own soul had perished. She bore a great responsibility early on, and struggled to get her college degree while looking after... Continue Reading →
Brusselse Vrouwen Roman
Vertaald door Desirée Custers. Brusselse vrouwen is een explosieve roman over maagdelijkheid, drugs vreemdgaan en huiselijk geweld met voldoende munitie om alle hardnekkige clichés die Arabieren en Europeanen over elkaar in stand houden, instant aan flarden te schieten. De Belgische Lore met buitenlandse roots is een alleenstaande moeder en ligt geregeld overhoop met haar zoon over het Midden-Oosten.... Continue Reading →
Aan de andere oever van het verlangen
Anthology book, Twinning between the Belgian writers and the Arab writers. Hilde Keteleer wrote a twin story of mine "Gaza in de tram " . Book Language is Dutch
ATLAS BRUSSEL Book
Anthology book, different writers participated in one book about Brussels. Book language is Dutch
Elle, lui et Gaza
Anthology book, different writers participated in one book about Belgium. Book language is French.