In life, at some time or another we come to a point where all relationship ceases—where there is only us and Allah. There are no parents, no siblings  or any friend. Then we realize that there is no earth under us nor is there sky above, but only Allah, who is supporting us in this... Continue Reading →

“There are signs all around you. All you need to do is look.” I remembered hearing this a long time ago. But it never made sense. Maybe because all I was ever looking at before was my phone. A text message, a new post, some random video. When was the last time I looked at... Continue Reading →

The silence at the other end was indescribable. It said it all, that words could never have said. It is amazing how saying nothing says it all. Siblings are born in the same house, they grow up together, they share the same memories, the same childhood, the same parents. But then they grow out to... Continue Reading →

All  I wanted that day, were 1 kg tomatoes. But, I wish it had been as simple as it sounds. The day started out fine. It was a Saturday and I had no homework. I was sitting in my air conditioned room playing PubG with my boys and time to time checking out on my... Continue Reading →

Choking. Suffocating. As if a huge stone was placed on his chest. Efforts were futile because he knew the grip around his neck was tight. There was no escape, he was giving in. But no, he was stronger than this. Stronger than everything trying to break him down. Out came the words of reassurance, stifled... Continue Reading →

Mother, you are my greatest treasure, the one in whose arms I opened my eyes for the first time on God’s green earth. You have been there all my life, like an angel sent from the highest ranks of heaven itself. My angel… my guardian... The soft breeze after a drizzle, the faint whiff of... Continue Reading →

‘What do you want?’ Jonnah yelled, frustratingly. Chris smirked. That smell of blood, the pinch of dust, the burning flesh, the whooshing of Richies’s cut throat, and most of all, that viscous atmosphere… After a long perturbing silence, Chris replied, ‘I want to kill every single one of you’. With that, he bashed his baseball... Continue Reading →

Kissing the teary-eyed mother, the proud father and the lonely sister a goodbye, he boards the plane. He was fully prepared and optimistic about what was to come; after all, it was a dream come true. All those years of hard work had finally started paying-off. Thrilled by the mere thought of leaving home, he... Continue Reading →

Quiet and calm from a distance, but frenzy and frustrated up close.; the river had its own beauty and a story. There were waves of confusion as thoughts overlapped one another. Mixed with the foam of despair and helplessness, the debris of rationality and acceptance tried to make its way upwards but constantly failed. The... Continue Reading →

She accepted she was a failure. After all, not everyone could lie. She could still hear those laughs, that mocking tone saying “You’re a complete mess!”, “A loser” or “Is there anything that you can do right?!” It was true, words did cut deeper than knives. But what could she do? The fate was so... Continue Reading →