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Lover Song

November 6, 2016

But here’s what I wonder: why must you teach me sharp lessons? I thought love was like falling into each other softly, not smashing headfirst into steely concrete and splitting heads open. We’re bleeding…
Inside Jokes

October 25, 2016

i miss all the secret places i found; you hid your scent in intricate hideaways in the palm of your hand or the back of your ear or, the triangle-hollow in your neck
Dear Abbu, Thanks for the Feminism

October 14, 2016

I have some Pakistani guy friends who on the surface appear to be educated, polished, but now and then, let slip such sexist remarks that I can’t help balk at. I’ve been told to…
Interested Applicants Must Shower and Apply

October 9, 2016

I’m always curious to know what it means when the people, or let’s be real, the Internet diagnoses two people as ‘mismatched.’ I mean, there are definitely things that don’t work well together: apples…
Boy, Bye (OK, Not Quite)

October 2, 2016

But I’m learning that maybe, maybe this isn’t the time for anyone new. It seems alright to learn more about the person I thought I knew.
Shut Up Fahad, You Know Nothing: are you a ‘real’ Pakistani?

August 13, 2016

I’ve kissed a boy in my garden, under the pitch black mantle of night, and giggled with my sister all night afterwards. I’ve had my heart broken and put back together in the arms…
“Soulmates”

August 9, 2016

I met someone for the first time recently; I had been apprehensive and worried about what I would say. I dreaded an awkward silence and fumbling for words to make small talk with. Would…
On First Love

July 12, 2016

When I think of first love, I don’t think of him. I don’t think about the soft bridge of his nose, or the way his eyes slanted away from each other in small, sloppy…
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