Author's note:
:توضيح
إن جميع أسماء الأعلام الواردة في هذه الأقاصيص لا تمت بصلة الى أشخاص معينين في الزمنين الماضي والحاضر. وإن اي تشابه بين أحد هذه الأسماء واسم واقعي، هو نتيجة مصادفة ليس إلاّ
[Clarification:
All the proper names mentioned in theses short stories are not related to any specific people in the past or the present. And any similarity between one of these names and a real name is nothing but just a coincidence]
As a result of his friendship with Abdallah Al-hout, the strongest man in the city, the narrator is not only forced to learn how to swim but also is saved from prison.
After refusing to participate in the war, the narrator's tribe is angry and decides to banish him.
The police arrests Sa‘id An-najjar after shooting Abbud and injuring him in the shoulder.