27 5. The 1001 Nights (Arabian Nights) 6. Jawaher al-Adab fi Sinā‘at Inshā’ al-Arab (Jewels of Literature on the Craft of Arabic Composition) I left our house and headed for the taxi rank where the cabs arriving from Dubai line up, and where Abu Ahmad, the mailman, brings and receives the post. I handed him the letter along with some money for the postage stamp. A few days later, a package with the books I had ordered from al-Mu’ayyad Bookstore in Bahrain arrived via Sharjah airport. Ibrahim Askar, an airport employee responsible for dispatching Sharjah airport mail to Dubai, recognized my name on the
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