IRAQI SHORT STORIES

https://arablit.org/2017/12/21/10-iraqi-short-stories-for-the-shortest-day-of-the-year/

“The One-eyed TV,” by Muhsin Al-Ramli, 

trans. Yasmeen Hanoosh

Just as the thirteenth year of my life started, the Iraqi-Iran war began. Before it was even a year old, my oldest brother was killed and one of my cousins was taken as a prisoner of war. That is when I began hearing my father curse “Mr. President” whenever he found himself alone with my mother in the orchard, kitchen, or bedroom, or as she milked our cows in the pen.

https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/the-one-eyed-radio