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Abdoo Taj

Abdoo Taj is a Yemeni writer who has been published in online magazines such as Cinema Meem and Jeem. His story ‘Borrowing a Head’ won first place in the al-Rabadi Award for Short Stories for 2022/2023. His story, ‘Sana’a is a Smart and Sustainable City’ was part of the anthology Time Capsule which was commissioned by the Goethe Institute.

Articles by Abdoo Taj

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Exclusive Extract: Borrowing a Head by Abdoo Taj
In this surrealist short story set in Yemen's capital city, playfully satirising an oppressive society – written by Abdoo Taj and translated by Andrew Leber – men, quite literally, lose their heads. This story is part of The Book of Sana'a, the first major collection of Yemeni fiction in translation.
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