Osama Alomar

Osama Alomar (Arabic, اسامة الحويج العمر,born Damascus, Syria, 1968) is a Syrian short story writer poet and essayist. He is especially recognized for his work in the "very short story" medium. He has published three fiction collections in Arabic: أيها الانسان (O Man), ربطة لسان (Tongue Tie) , and جميع الحقوق غير محفوظة (All Rights Not Reserved) , as well as one volume of poetry, قال إنسان العصر الحديث (Man Said the Modern World). The 2007 winner of Egypt's Najlaa Muharam Short Story Contest, his work has been heard on the BBC Arabic Service and he is a regular contributor to various newspapers and journals in Syria and the Arab community, including Tishrin, an-Nur, Spot Light, al-Halil, Adab wa Naqd, and al-Ghad. His work has appeared in English translation in the 2010 edition of the literary annual Noon (Literary Annual), as well as the online journal Conjunctions, and The Outlet. Alomar is currently based in Chicago.

Bibliography

Works in Arabic

• أيها الانسان (O Man). Beirut, 1999. Short Stories.
• قال إنسان العصر الحديث (Man Said the Modern World). Damascus, 2000. Poetry.
• ربطة لسان (Tongue Tie). Damascus, 2003. Short Stories and Meditations.
• جميع الحقوق غير محفوظة (All Rights Not Reserved), 2008. Short Stories.

Publications in English

"Seven Very Short Stories" in Noon 2010.

"Eleven Stories" in Web Conjunctions, May 3, 2011.

"Two Stories by Osama Alomar" in The Outlet, March 18, 2011.

External Links

• Noon 2010
• The Outlet
• Web Conjunctions
• "Diary of a Migrant in the Winter Blasts of the West" (in Arabic)