Job (Short-Short Story)

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The man pushes a cart in which a baby cries hysterically over the milk that has spilt in his bottle:

- Be patient, Job!

The child continues crying.

The man persists:

- Patience is the key to Salvation, Job!

The child's hysteria remains constant:

- Everything comes to an end, Job!

Another man passing by asked him:

- It seems that your words did nothing to ease the pain that your child, Job, is feeling!

The man replied:

- "Job" is my name, and patience is what I am lacking.

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Mohamed Saïd Raïhani is a Moroccan novelist and translation studies scholar born on December 23, 1968. He is a member of Moroccan Writers’ Union. He holds a PhD degree in Translation from King Fahd Advanced School of Translation in Tangier/Morocco in 2023, an M.A. degree in Creative Writing (English Literature) from Lancaster University (United Kingdom) in 2017, a second M.A. degree in Translation, Communication & Journalism from King Fahd Advanced School of Translation in 2015, and a B.A. degree in English Literature from Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tétouan/Morocco in 1991.

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