Personalmemoir Stories

Who would have thought that I would meet an angel? And, amazingly, she was not in disguise.

A collection of short works based on personal experiences.

📘 Alive by Allah's Will is the powerful and true story of Sajid Akif, a man who survived more than 15 life-threatening accidents, a long battle with addiction, and the emotional weight of being misunderstood. In this deeply personal memoir, Sajid takes us through the raw, painful, and often miraculous moments that shaped his 28-year journey-from a curious boy in the mountains of Chitral to a man who now lives to share the wisdom hidden in every scar. Through seven unforgettable chapters, this book explores real events of near-death experiences, childhood recklessness, physical trauma, and inner battles with smoking and drugs. But more than anything, it is a testimony of faith, hope, and the undeniable mercy of Allah (SWT). > "If Allah wants you to live, no one can kill youThis is not just a book. It is my heartbeat. My memory. My journey through fire. For as long as I can remember, pain has been my teacher and survival my skill. From the age of six, I saw the world not as a safe place-but as a series of trials meant to break me. But every time something tried to take me down, Allah stood between me and death. The blood on the floor, the broken bones, the river that tried to swallow me whole, the electric wires, the smoke, the stones, the bees-I have lived through them all. These are not symbolic tales. These are the scars etched on my body and soul. In Alive by Allah's Will, I share the truth I never told out loud. I recount the accidents that could've killed me, the people who left me, and the habits that nearly destroyed me. I speak about the cigarettes and drugs that promised relief but left me hollow. I reveal how addiction became a disease of the soul before it became a disease of the lungs. But I also speak of miracles. Of how I survived drowning. How I walked away from explosions. How I climbed trees, fell, and still stood up again. How a life of mischief, accidents, and chaos taught me the deepest truths of trust, prayer, and purpose. SajidAkif."

School work

The narrator recounts cherished memories of their grandparents, their grandmother (Ouma) and Oupa (grandfather). Ouma is described as a small, loving woman whose cooking provided a sense of safety and acceptance. Grandfather surrounded by pipe smoke. Gentle. The text recounts the author's last encounter with Ouma and the intense grief experienced at her funeral. Both grandparents are remembered as kind, down-to-earth individuals who offered unconditional love and a safe haven. The author reflects on the rarity of such pure, uncontrived love in life, expressing gratitude for having experienced it and a longing to encounter such genuine affection again. The piece is infused with sensory details, emotional depth, and a touch of spirituality, highlighting the profound impact these grandparents had on the author's life.

I showed up for him when no one else did. Helped him through family, studies, life. But when I needed even a little understanding-he left me standing in the corner. This is not about blame. This is about heartbreak between brothers.

Hann imagined by 24 years old she's be changing diapers during sleepless night in little home with her family all while juggling being a working young adult. Well she wasn't wrong... but instead of baby it's her mom's. Personal memoir based on true events follows protagonist on a different kinda coming of age story where she balances her family and herself while reflect on her good and bad choices that got them all to where they are now.

The Winding: A Manifesto for the Voiceless Fragments of the Peninsula: Letters from the Margins When the news broke that authorities planned to kill 121 Cape Peninsula baboons-mislabelled as "splinter troops" when they're simply indigenous beings navigating stolen landscapes-something inside me snapped tight like a child's tin toy spring. This is what it means to be wound up by injustice. To become a mechanical heart that cannot stop beating for the voiceless. To send letters into the void from the margins of power, mapping territories of care that decision-makers refuse to see. From the mountains around Cape Town to suburban neighbourhoods where ancient pathways have been severed, this is a manifesto for anyone who has ever felt compelled to fight for beings who cannot speak for themselves. It's about the impossible mathematics of love and loss, about being a cartographer of forbidden territories, about understanding that sometimes the most profound activism happens in the spaces between despair and hope. Waiting, waiting for the world to remember what we have forgotten... A lyrical testimony of environmental grief transformed into fierce resistance. For those who understand that every species we lose takes entire vocabularies of connection with them - and that sometimes, when we catch the light just right, it burns with such intensity we have no choice but to fight for its preservation.