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The 168
The voices of 168 girlsJoin in the dust.Their chorus shuddersThe red tulipsBorn from bombed earth.
Blood, Death and Hope
In Fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence, menopausal women are literally women who have reached the age of “despair.”…
Alter Ego & Declaration | Manifesto
Alter Ego O God You Merciful Dishonorer — some entity hidden deep within my body is demanding its…
Umm al-Dunya & Jummah in The Women’s Prayer Room
Umm al-Dunya I pack my bags, weep my goodbyes, and embark on the first voyage I’ll ever have…
Inshallah, my love
Days after my third round of IVF ended in failure, I let a friend of mine pull me…
buddy
My mother befriended an Indian ringneck parakeet in the front lawn at dawn around the time my father…
hiccups
you always take two steps at a time on stairs—one two one two oneyou have yet to cross…
When We Meet & occupier artclass
When We Meet (Ghazal) Which one of us will have crossed the sea when we meet?Will you recognize…
A Distant Grandmother Weeps in the Dark
Sometimes your day begins at three in the morning, to fragments of a dream whose details you can…
PETRA
From the day he arrived, Petra was clear about one thing: he was…