She never meant to fall for him.Not like this. Not when she hadn’t fully healed, not with this reckless pull that made her heart behave like a wound pressed under warm hands. But it happened anyway, slowly at first, through …
A Mystical analysis of Ayat 72 of Surah Ahzab It began not with a command, but a whisper.Not on Earth, but in a realm where form had not yet taken shape.Before clay, before time, and before thought.Before Adam stood up, …
The Paradox of Pain Pain is a paradox; something that is felt but can’t be explained. You can show a surgical scar to someone and they would know that you’ve been operated on. You can show your plastered arm and …
There was once a time when silence created symphonies. When a broken heart could fill a page with poetry; when solitude wasn’t what you escaped from but a sanctuary where the soul could create art, that was the realm of …
This short story has been influenced by a real incident but the scenes created are that of the writer’s own imagination and bear no resemblance to the course of actual events that may have happened. Rhea hurried to the elevator. …
Abdulrahman was 58 when he died of lung cancer, a fact the family had hidden from him for the months that he slowly deteriorated. The last few days when he had completely taken to bed and he knew he was …
Life isn’t easy for anyone. Life is anything but fair and we aren’t here on earth to focus on the reasons why it isn’t fair but to dwell on the ways to make it better as much as we can. …
We belonged in no man’s land. No one wanted us home. The borders on each side were hostile to us. We had been pushed out, forced into exile and yet we weren’t unhappy. Of course, we were broken, but we …
Abdul Salaam stared at the monotonous and unending corridor that was filled with patients and attendants of all kinds. It was 11 am on a Monday and not exactly the time when the corridor should have been full, but then, …
Food… It conjures up strange sentiments in my heart or I can say for the last 15 years that I haven’t touched any I wonder what it tastes like… I have forgotten the taste of food on the tip of …