Libre Magazine

Beautiful Stranger

I was waiting for some friends to have lunch together in a little nice restaurant. They called and said they would be late, so I had enough time to do..nothing. I kept checking the menu and checking the people from time to time. The place was not crowded but yet full of life. I looked [...]

You Can Run, But You Can Never Hide

She was in the kitchen when she heard him open the front door. He closed it with a bang that shook her whole being. She moved away from the stove and craned her neck tracing his footsteps with her ears. Her heart sank in her body when his footsteps approached. He stopped for a second; [...]

Somewhere in the Desert

Some people in the west think that we Arabs have no motor vehicles, that we ride camels and live in the desert. That is, of course, not true. If it were true, such would be the usual morning conversation in any Arab family. Son: Hey dad, can I take the Camel, pleaaaaaaase??!! Father: Nooooo, you took it [...]

I’m Interested … But

For those of you who do not know about my job, I’m a technical recruiter. I call IT consultants in the US for the available jobs that I have and that might fit their experience. My job is basically to search resumes on the web and call potential candidates to see if they fit the [...]

I Am Not THAT Short

Hi everybody. You’re all looking good today!! I’m looking at you and I know what you’re thinking (pause): She’s short. Personally I don’t think I’m short!! Well, Ok… Not that short, but when ONE OUT OF TWO PEOPLE YOU MEET tells you, you are short. You tend to think: ok I’m short (with a sob) To tell [...]

An Object That Was Burnt

On his sixth birthday, I gave my son a very beautiful book about trees. It was stuffed with beautiful pictures of pleasant colors about trees and other plants. Very few words were included with each picture giving only the name of the tree or the plant. The book was green all over that its cover was [...]

The Oldest Object in My Home

The oldest object in my home is my grandmother’s wedding dress. My grandmother gave it to my mother before her wedding, and told her to pass it along to her daughter. It was such a gorgeous dress, with dozens of shining diamonds-like stones that sparkled like the stars in a moonlit night. It was too loose [...]