I The yellow light from the low-hanging bulb shines on the right side of his round face, making it seem like a half moon, and he smiles – a shy smile – at the audience; a few...

At dawn, she drags herself from the bed, leaving the sheets ruffled into a heap in the center, walks out of the small room and finds herself at the back of the house She picks up...

I Other people die and stay dead Others leave and never come back But not Farah, my younger brother, who left one day and only came back after he was dead At first, I thought I...

Where I come from, they don’t name a child until seven days and seven nights have passed They wait, because to name something is to give it life, and if you name the baby when...

The first time I met my father, I was a boy of twelve going thirteen The year is 2005, and I am walking from the classes towards the gate after a long day of seemingly unending...

VIII Our paths cross just long enough for me to realise this is fate’s way of telling me, “This wasn’t meant to be” It Can’t Happen I turn my head – twisting...