FICTION
Qābīl
—FLASH FICTION by Saeed Ibrahim
(Tanslated from Urdu by Najam-uddin Ahmad)
Qābīl
In her profound sleep, she felt something waggling in the virgin genitals of her body. When she opened her eyes startled, only two words were allowed to let out of her throat with a muffled scream, “Big Brother!!!” And then, the whiskery faced person put his other hand with full force on her mouth.
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(Translated from URDU by Najam-uddin Ahmad)
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Saeed Ibrahim
Born in Gujranwala, Pakistan in 1955. He studied Graphic design at NCA. During studying at NCA, he started writing poetry and prose. For more or less 11 years (from 2000 to 2011), he wrote articles in the Monthly “Naya Zamana” Lahore. He has publishe a book “Sex Aur Samaaj” (Sex and Society) in 2016. He is soon expected to publish his next book “Taaleem Aur Tabaahi” (Education and Destruction).
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Najam-uddin Ahmad
Born on June 02, 1971, is an Urdu novelist and short story writer. He did his masters in English Literature from Islamia University, Bahawalpur in 1996. He has published three novel: Mudfun (The Burials) in 2006, Khoj (The Explore) in 2016, and Saheem (The Partners) in 2019, and two collections of short stories: Aao Bhai Khelein (Brother, Let’s play) in 2013 and Fraar aur Doosray Afsanay (Flee and other short stories) in 2017. Presently, he has been working on his Urdu novel, Mena Jeet. A collection of Urdu Short Stories is also expected soon. He is also renowned for his translations from English into Urdu. He has seven books of translations on his credit. Among other translations, he has recently translated the famous Turk epic “The Book of Dede Korkut” into Urdu, published by the Pakistan Academy of Letters. He has also translated a good number of Urdu short stories into English.
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