The great Syrian short story writer Zakaria Tamer is renowned throughout the Arab world - for his language, style, subject matter and above all his satire and black humour. This volume features 29 new translations of stories, articles and reviews by translators of Tamer into German, Turkish, Serbian, Sardinian and English, plus a major interview.

Illustrated by: Abigail O'Brien
Editor-in-chief: Samuel Shimon
Translated by: Ibrahim Muhawi, Jonathan Wright, Clayton Clark, Spencer Scoville, Basil Samara
Interviewer(s): Dima Alchukr