The ype of modern story first appeared in Egypt in the Arap world and spread to other Arap countries from there. As in other Arabic countries, it was only in the twentieth cen- tury that short stories and novels joined the ranks of commonly read literature alongside Yemeni poetry, which had previously been dominant. Eighty years ago, it was not easy for the story to be accepted as a literary genre in Yemen. The majority of early Yemeni storytelling had a particular social or political message and was distinguished by more or less open agitation against the British foreign power. Re- cently, Yemeni literature has been developing fast, and the genre of storytelling is becom- ing more and more important. However, in our country and in Yemen, independent stud- ies related to Yemen storytelling are extremely limited. In his study, Yemeni contemporary writer Hamdan Zeyd Dammag s life, his works, and especially his short story al- Musafir were dealt with in terms of characters, events, modern narrative techniques, de- scriptions and language. It can be said that he is a good descriptive writer who gives reader the sense of the characters and uses largely and skillfully literary arts in his stories.