Copyright © 2025 AEEH PRESS INC All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the author. Middle East Manager and Editor: Ahmed M. Shalaby Cover Design : Karem Metwalee & Mahmoud Assad Translation : Translation : Sihem Hammouda The day I discovered that many of my texts were shaped in my imagination while I was in my big kitchen, I came to terms with my time wasted there and was assiduous in enumerating dishes, foods and flavors which allows me now to say- based on my experience- that a short story is like a meal with a special flavor and a deep mark. Its ingredients are not enough to make it luscious and appealing, for cooking art is required to mix ingredients in certain amounts and in a specific time so that the food will be well-cooked and savory. Lamia Nouira Boukil