Motaz Derhalli is a Canadian author. Writing short stories is his hobby. "A NIGHT on the LANDING" was his first work. He wrote it when he was in university, in Cairo, Egypt. It won him the top prize of five Egyptian pounds--a significant sum at the time. He has since pursued a long successful career in HR.
What made him decide to go back to writing after all those years? "My stories keep me connected to my sentimental past, and that's healthy, in my view." Nostalgia, he contends, prolongs life!
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Stories by MOTAZ DERHALLI
FLEEING JAFFA
In late April 1948, the ancient port of Jaffa, Palestine, was under attack and was about to fall to Jewish forces. Sharif, a veteran police officer and his family-his wife Mona, a paediatric nurse, and his ten-year...
A DEADLY WEDDING SUIT
Could a suit foretell death? That apparently was what George believed. In his mind, suits had foreboding qualities, especially the black ones. They, he suspected, had the intrinsic capacity of forewarning of strang...
A STORM FOR SUZI
SuZi, an Egyptian student, is Salem's first love, and he does not want to lose her. She has brightened his life, lifted his spirit, made him happy, and infused hope, energy and excitement in his otherwise uneventfu...