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 …
And in the end, if your relationship feels as if you are holding a begging bowl asking your partner to put in some attention and care, probably you just need to stop asking. Perhaps you need to reassess where you …
While wandering through the desert, I surreptitiously, wondered about the Meadows. I had grown up in meadows, and somehow the barren landscape never seemed to appeal to my senses but I couldn’t tell him that, as if that part of …
Year 2060Location Earth.. A soft hand crawled out from below the now frozen earth and sought to hold on to something strong. Unable to find anything, it grasped an icicle and pulled itself up, the last remnant of human existence …
For 35-year-old Hamdi, the Spring comes as a tragic surprise amidst all the devastation. “There used to be a park beside this house,” he says, pointing to the wreckage that the war has left behind. “We played football there.” I …
Bosco arrived in our home on a not so cold but cosy evening in the month of April. He was a tiny brown and white Sheprador with the most innocent and emotive eyes that I’ve ever seen. Despite his good …