Frozen by SBA student Shatha Alshamsi
My hot breath fogged up the window, as I stared aimlessly out the airplane’s window. I felt a bead of sweat trickle down my...
A Quiet Companionship by Journalism student Poojaraj Maniyeri
It was a last minute flurry of plans. We were deciding and contemplating the possibility of this trip till the last conscious second of...
The Love she Projects by SBA student Shatha Alshamsi
Fatma stood wearily in the kitchen trying to recollect herself. She could hear the low chatter coming from the living room where her children...
One phone call away from disaster
By Tuqa Al Ayoubi
Dima was a notoriously busy woman. If being a working mother was a competitive sport, she'd be an Olympian— a very...
Border crossing
By Ahmed Ammar
My father had just returned from his travel to London in 2002, during the second Intifada. It was an uneasy time for...
Under the sea
By Shatha Alshamsi
“Yallah, mama and baba are waiting in the car!” Abdulla urged from the entrance of our shared bedroom, before racing down the...
Silent Empathy
By Poojaraj Maniyeri
The heat was blinding, the sun’s rays pointed directly at us as if seeking vengeance. The place smelled just right, the delicious...
Like an Aliph/أ
By Sarah Al Saeid
Even before she could come anywhere close to the classroom, you would know something was not right. A shadow that lingered...
The Timekeeper
By Tala Alsakka-Amini
Stillness washed over the city as the sun crawled back into the invisible horizon. The earth breathed while the moving clouds obscured...
Skies of Apartheid
By Jana Aljamal
The soft summer wind screamed “homeland.” The smell of freshly watered soil screamed “homeland.” The faded sound of the neighbor’s donkey braying...
