“Bleating”—a short story by Eman Al Yousuf
After many years of being tormented, a man finally seeks revenge against past aggressors who have long since vanished. Or have they?
Eman Al Yousuf
Eman Al Yousuf is an Emirati writer who has published three novels Al Nafitha Allati Absarat [The Window Which Saw] (Kitab Publishing, 2014); Haris Al Shams [Guard the Sun] (al-Faraby, 2015) — winner of the 2016 Emirates Novel Award that was translated into seven languages — and Qiamat Al Akhareen [The Resurrection of Others] ] (Dar Mamdouh Adwan & Dar Sard, 2019). Al Yousuf is a columnist and editor for AlRoeya newspaper, and published a collection of interviews with women Emirati writers. She is also the writer of the feminist short film Ghafa, which was screened at the 2017 Dubai International Film Festival.
Rana Asfour is the Managing Editor at The Markaz Review, as well as a freelance writer, book critic and translator. Her work has appeared in such publications as Madame Magazine, The Guardian UK and The National/UAE. She chairs TMR’s English-language Book Club, which meets online the last Sunday of every month. She can be found on X & Instagram @bookfabulous.