Translations

Inside you

As colour drift apart from painter’s brush
Says the picture, I am inside you
As the ocean turns itself upside

The Desert of Barren Hate

For the children of palestine...

Translations

Eye of the Beholder

Your burnt dark skin,
A symbol of the sin...

The Olive Trees

On our way to Khan Yunus we had seen thousands and thousands of trees that had been cut

Gabriel’s Bike

Human beings are either the descendants or creations of aliens who landed on Earth millennia ago, and much of our

Baghdad Lullaby

They say the price of war is never cheap ...

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Delight

a tormented fire from flowers in paint

anti-depressant

come give me little deaths
stroke my pain
silence will come
encore

Shahla Haeri: Changing Perceptions

Although thousands of educated and working women have played significant roles in Muslim societies, most literature on Muslim

Sometimes…

A translation of Sahir Ludhiyanvi’s Urdu poem, “Kabhi Kabhi”

Translations

Warped

Breathing in and out still alive without a doubt between truths true to themselves trying hard not to warp

Visiting Khuzdar

I was surprised to see the participants already there. From my past experiences I had learned that it was always

Basic Levels of Awareness

...Do We Really Know What We Don’t?

Poetry

The Ladies Club

The atmosphere was charged up. Colour and glamour defined the mood in the large room occupied by women

In a Glass of Red Wine

I bend down and pick up the largest, the brightest shard of glass from the glittering gems by my feet.

The Bombing

A temporary replica of Ka’aba was recreated for the occasion.