VerhalenPost: Online Short Story Service with Stories from the Middle East
5 maart 2024
More so than in the Netherlands, the short story is an established literary genre in the Middle East. Alongside poetry, which is primarily used to express profound emotions, the short story lends itself to telling about both major and minor events in everyday life. These include adventures, anecdotes, love stories, disputes, and other dramas. Inspired by the stories of One Thousand and One Nights and the adventures of Ibn Battuta, many writers from the Arabic-speaking world specialize in short stories. Through VerhalenPost, a selection of this storytelling tradition is made available to Dutch readers.
VerhalenPost is an initiative of Marianne Dagevos of Podium voor Palestina, a member of the Dutch ALF Network. More information is available on the VerhalenPost website.
