Articles By Ahmed Abuel Magd
The Sailor
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Monday 23 March 2026 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
The sailor was fortunate. The wind was always with him, and the sails knew their way. We saw him waving from above the vessel, steady, as if the sea were his friend. He did not expect that wave....
The Exam
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Sunday 15 March 2026 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
An Uber car drops me off in front of the gate of the public school. I open the door and a wave of suffocating heat slaps me in the face. The gust of air forces me to hold my skirt so my legs won&rsquo...
Southern Shore
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Saturday 13 September 2025 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
The cold pierced through me, gnawing at the feathers of my wings. Here comes the season of departure—no escape. I fluttered with the flock toward the south. A long journey over a shoreless sea....
The Plucked Mint Sprig
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Monday 18 August 2025 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
Before leaving her room, she paused at the small table beside the bed. She lifted a wooden frame holding a photo of her and a man: the two of them, side by side, smiling beneath the bloom of a poincia...
Embrace
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Saturday 26 July 2025 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
Two young palm trees.Planted an arm apart,in the same cradle of earth.The rain descended.Their roots entwined.The wind stirred.They stretched and rose.The sun burned fierce.They embraced upon the rim...
This is Charming Cairo
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Thursday 10 July 2025 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
It was nearly three in the afternoon when the industrial engineering lecture ended. I headed to the university cafeteria to gulp down a sandwich with a light soda, getting ready for the long trip home...
Leaving the Coccoon
By: Ahmed Abuel Magd on: Saturday 4 June 2022 - Genre: From our Writers Workshop
A man once found a butterfly in its cocoon, struggling to push its body through a small hole. After a while, it seemed unable to go any further. He decided to help, so he cut open the rest of the coco...
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