Sirat Aqrab Alladhi Yatasabab Araqanسيرة العقرب الذي يتصبب عرقا

'The story of the scorpion dripping with sweat'. A novel in the Arabic language by Akram Muslim (b. 1971), awarded the 2007 Qattan Foundation Young Writer Award. This narrative story uses the scorpion as a metaphor...a young Palestinian dreams of a scorpion trying to climb a mirror, but falling again and again, dripping with sweat...but can a scorpion with no pores sweat? Using this metaphor, the story recounts the conflict and impotence of the occupied Palestinians with their time and place.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Akram Musallam is among the most talented Palestinian writers of today. Born in 1972 in Talfi, near Nablus, Palestine, Akram Musallam earned a degree in Arabic literature at Bir Zeit University. A journalist and reporter for the daily Al-Ayyam (The Days) of Ramallah, he has published two novels, Hawajis al-Iskandar (The Torments of Alexander, Ramallah, 2003) and Siddat al-Aqrab Alladhi Yatasabbabu 'Araqan (The History scorpion dripping with sweat, Beirut, 2008), which won the Qattan Foundation Award. He also participated in the critical edition of Khalil al-Sakaklii's journal (Beirut, Institute of Palestinian Studies).