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Oct 24, 20187 min read
I Will Carry You Through the Darkness
The car was gone, and all our things were destroyed. I stood in front of our rented house and panicked wondering what to do. We didn’t...
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Oct 19, 20186 min read
A Peddler’s Dream
As a little boy, I would help my father sell fresh cookies in the streets of our city, Lahore. We woke up early on many mornings...
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Oct 17, 20187 min read
The Way We Conquer
These were the questions of a nine-year-old boy, the eldest child in the home, unaware of the coming hardships he might have to face...
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Sep 13, 20186 min read
The Golden Path
Despite being the nation’s capital, the city was very poor. I saw beggars in the streets every day, and my own neighbors could barely...
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Aug 23, 20189 min read
Where There Is Happiness
When I close my eyes, I can still see the two sunlit rivers and the wide mountain meadows surrounding our house. I was born on a cold...
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Aug 17, 20187 min read
Away from the Past
Today it has become a revamped, artsy district, but when I was born in 1987, it was a place full of gangs, violence, and drugs. I thought...
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Jun 14, 20186 min read
Unplanned Happiness
I wanted to live a better life. I made plans and took action, thinking I could create my own future. But I now realize now that things...
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May 4, 20186 min read
The Little Metal Suitcase
We lived in a tiny, one-bedroom abode, because my father did not make much money being a school teacher. He was often innovative, once...
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Apr 25, 20186 min read
From the Ashes
I proudly held back tears from falling off my cheeks. Nothing has ever felt overwhelmingly good. I could not stop waving at the cheering...
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Apr 13, 20189 min read
I Will Not Fail
My father was never in the picture. He left my mother long before I could even remember. My mother had only an eighth-grade education and...
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Apr 6, 201811 min read
When Being Strong Was My Only Choice
My father, however, was a very adventurous person. He was not satisfied with what he had and wanted to do something different. Without...
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Mar 8, 20187 min read
Life Served Me a Lemon
Growing up in the dusty countryside of Kenya was fun and typical for girls of my age in the early 1990s. Life was blissful. Sometimes I...
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Mar 7, 20186 min read
The Kodak Moment
I had five siblings and we were raised by our mother. Our father was away working in the city most of the year, and sadly he passed away...
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Feb 23, 20188 min read
The Slum Life
The north is prosperous while most of the south is impoverished. We lived on the southern side of the province. My family was immensely...
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Feb 5, 20186 min read
Rising to Breathe Again
All the dreams he shared with me, paying my tuition fee and giving me hope in life, were gone. My future became bleak...
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