Marrakesh Express Print Pages:  Page 117 from Issue 99 Marrakesh Express Manuel Ulacia Translated ... from the Spanish by Reginald Gibbons From how she pressed one hand against her belly­ the young woman ... who entered our compartment wearing a long, full, white chador, her face completely hidden by a veil ...

they’ve slit each other’s throats, but pretty soon Mom comes up with a bowl of buttered noodles and ... thirty-five years and how many more there are now than the time before the mill. Our drinking water comes ... you’re not supposed to make yourself feel better by looking at how much other people’s lives stink, but ...

said, or even how it felt To have you here, near, within sight and hearing, Neglected, as a treasure is ... I'ennul. quel bonheur aussl." With you the days were scarcely three hours long, Like winter days ... Let's see: on Monday We went out, on Tuesday we stayed home Before the nonexistent fire, and read. From ...

we are and can’t let just anybody in. We have to stand our ground, defend ourselves, you understand? ... Protect our territory, like in the old days. Remember the old city wall I showed you? The boy nods, ... A man falls to the ground. Guards come running, black batons in hand. The guards yell at each other and ...