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nails

From Republic Street, first Faisal

Between Sharif and Saudi Al-Sanadili Streets

Corona time, fireworks and firecrackers

and drugs

nails

The first nail is inserted into the hand of Hassan Weld Abdullah Al-Abed, so Abdel-Dayem Al-Attar hurries to extract it and closes its place with some of the remnants of coffee settled at the bottom of the cup he drank a short while ago.

The second nail is inserted into the left hand, so Hassan makes it easier for him to deal with him, and he can extract it, suppressing his groans so as not to disturb Abdel Dayem, the only one of his university colleagues who was able to find a job opportunity for him after a long period of unemployment that lasted more than six years, after Abdullah Al-Abd and his wife Atiyat Al-Ashmuri spent the last dirham They are in possession of the education of their only son, Hassan, at the university, to be the first graduate of the university and the only one in the tribal region of the Roma of Tila in Tal Hawija. However, they did not enjoy seeing the envy of the sons of the Roma towards them for the newborn, the university graduate, because they died early under their old tent and one month before the announcement of the bachelor’s results..Hassan decided not to return To the hill and his group of gypsies again, after he lost his dearest money in it, and he will not cry over the old tent rented from Abbas Al-Muzayen, as he will not be able to pay its rent due to lack of hand.

A third nail caressed Hassan's right hand, scratching it, and it did not dig in, so he continued his work.. Hassan asked Rahmani Ibn Qinawi, Sheikh Ibn Sheikh, the sheikhs of the tribes of Tal Hawija, to keep him in the small room at the bottom of the dark staircase. The palm trees owned by Qinawy al-Sheikh, and since the death of his parents before his graduation, he has been based on serving the children of the Sheikh of the country in exchange for provisions and accommodation in the dark room.

A stubborn nail sneaks into the left hand, and Hassan pulls it out with the right, thus increasing the flow of blood on the ground..Hassan Al-Abd was always looking for a job to get him out of the monotony of serving the sons of the sheikh..Many of his colleagues helped him in the search until Abdel-Dayem Al-Attar agreed to provide a rare job opportunity as a carpenter boy An armed man helps him after he mastered this profession for the past four years and gave up thinking of another job for the occasion of income.

Mahrez al-Banna, the foreman, came to tell Abdel Dayem al-Attar that his friend had exceeded the number prescribed for the contracting, and he would not be able to pay the boy’s wages to him due to his inexperience. The fugitive a long time ago, and after four hours of searching, he returned to his room, bandaged his wounds and finished the household chores of the children of Qenawy al-Sheikh, in order to close his eyes in the hope of finding another opportunity in which his hands would not bleed with nails.

A short story written by / Mahmoud Hassan Farghaly

Member of the Writers Union

Member of the Syndicate of Film Professions

mahmoudhassanfarghaly@yahoo.com

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