Two individuals tied together by fate. One's heart full of love-or so it seemed. The others consumed by a deep hatred for oneself, the other individual and in general life itself. A journey of conflict, love, hate, deceit, pain, and in general trials of life. Note-This is a true story though the names of the people...
I walk as I'm about to tear up at the thoughts in my mind of losing my brother, my mom comes to me and Noor squeezes my hand when she hears me sniffing. My dad and Noor have always been the strong ones. Rayyan is also strong. Mom and I are the weak ones. We have to sit out of the room waiting for the doctor to tell u...
"I know that we will never be a real couple, but we can at least be nice to each other Aneel" I told him. I've had enough. Tears were starting to prick my eyes, but I didn't let them fall. He looked over at me in a weird expression. Like if I died in front of him, he wouldn't care. "You don't get it, do you?! I. will...
Eighteen year old Yasmeen is a Muslimah enjoying her last year of high school with her two best friends. She expects her senior year to be boring and torturing like the past three years were. Especially due to the fact that she's been wearing the niqab and tormented in school for it since last year. What's a niqabi to...
"Why didn't you tell me he went here?" Sabrina managed to croak out. Her throat was dry and there was a loud drumming sound in her ears which she realized was her heart. "Oh..uh...well..." Leila stuttered and then trailed off. She smiled sheepishly. "I totally forgot about Khalid." Sabrina winced when she heard his n...
Zach and Yasmine are two teenagers just trying to get through life by keeping their head held high and never letting their hopes drop. Although this can be hard when you're living in an illegally occupied country such as Palestine, they're there for each other. ALL the time. Yasmine is sarcastic, witty and a little...