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Akram Ait Hammou

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Feb, 2022

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When an Empty Glass Is More Honest Than Praise.

Submitted to Contest #333

The smell of tea in the condolence hall was not the smell of tea. It was the smell of order. The kind of order that makes people smile in funeral photos, and exchange memorized phrases as if they were testing whether language still works before burying its owner. I sat in the corner no one prefers. The kind of corner that lets you see everyone without being seen, like a security camera someone forgot to turn off. On the nearby table stood a row of small glasses. Some were full. Some were half‑full. And one glass was… empty. The empty glass w...

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A destructive fame

Submitted to Contest #141

“Each of us has a role in his society, and I will reform mine.” This was the famous sentence of John, the social critic, who carried on his shoulders the responsibility of reforming his society through his pen, but will things go as planned by John? Or the winds will run as the ships do not wish? John woke up early, carrying many goals inside his head, that he would put under his microscope, to start criticizing them in his weekly article in Al-Haq newspaper. This newspaper has always been the refuge that many people resort to read the dai...

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