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elephant graveyard
I. elephants are matriarchal creatures traveling in herds of just women. boys leavingwhen they become men, returning years…
Armour & Affection & Teeth
Armour & Affection man brings us the invention of plastic in 1907,but doesn't revolutionize it until World War…
The Candyfloss Man & Others
The Candyfloss Man It’s lunch hourMy colleague asked us to keep an ear outfor the horn sound of…
Salt Daughters
Every morning since the funeral, Amina wades knee-deep into the surf with a dead radio in her…
A conversation with the creator
Let me come to you, the creator, for I desire to love everyone and everything.My master, why do…
The Invisible Horizon
It was supposed to be a routine overnight bus to Quetta—until it wasn’t. We were returning from visiting…
The Hands Know First
I. The First Scar The first scar is still there. Faint now, but I can find it without…
Split Rounds
I spend my days running between hospital rooms to save a baby’s life. And I spend my nights…
What the Road Promised & Others
What the Road Promised Leave.Listen to what the road says,it screeches the name of my people,a throat of…
Upon Returning & Others
Upon returning from the abyss of beauty,Scents of skewers and sweets,Smoke and salt,Seas and sunshine andiqamahs and salaams,Heritage…