Recomendations for non-Western short stories for a high school class?

I teach World History in a high school. In my advanced classes I use a book called "Child of the Dark", which is the diary of a woman from the favelas in Brazil. It's fabulous -- we use it to talk about race, gender, human rights -- you name it.

I don't have enough, however, to use it in my other classes. What I am looking for, oh Librarythingers, are suggestions of short stories I could use in my other classes that would enable me to raise the same types of issues. I would prefer non-Western stories simply because I teach World History. Most of my kids are not strong readers. I am drawing a blank on what to use.

Any suggestions?

An outstanding short story on gender and human rights is When It Changed by Joanna Russ. This is science fiction, and takes place on a planet called Whileaway. I won't spoil the emotional punch and paradigm shift that the story offers the new reader.

For Bread Alone - Mohammed Choukri

Akutagawa Ryunosuke - Selected Short Stories

The Wandering Falcon -Jamil Ahmad

The Reluctant Fundamentalist is a novel, but a short one, and a good one for high-schoolers to read, I think. You may consider the stories of Sholom Aleichem. I recommend taking a look at the stories of Rabindranath Tagore. Both authors are totally readable at even a low high school level, but very rewarding.