The Last Crossing Alasdair Soussi the University of St

the University of St

As the journey begins with a hijacked lift and ends with a pile of ‘footless shoes’ at the gates to the park

Joe McElderry

friends and foes

A cow really does jump over the moon

The Last Crossing Alasdair Soussi the University of StWhen the Egyptian architect Mukhtar arrives in Oman to oversee a building project, he finds its a bait and switch. Instead of drawing up building plans, he is trapped into doing back breaking manual labour. As Mukhtar is forced from one demeaning job to the next, he pines for Houria, the love he left behind in the hopes of making enough money to support her. As he navigates the underbelly of the Omani economy, he and Houria exchange increasingly