Victory
“Open your palm,” my daughter’s tutor instructed, poking her folded fingers. She resisted with a frown until I shot a stern gaze at her. She opened her palm slowly, concentrating on each finger,...
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Children of Heartless Gods (Part 2 of 2)
(continued from Part One) I cross the street and stagger towards Galel’s home which is now a pile of bricks, beds, fans and blue curtains. The only trace of a structure not in pieces is a flight of...
5 Years Ago
Children of Heartless Gods (Part 1 of 2)
February 2012 Homs, Syria Dismembered children, orphaned toddlers, lifeless mothers, hopeless fathers, green army tanks circumventing pits of fire that have burned for days, and troops of gunmen fi…...
5 Years Ago
City 11.24
“Hey, I’m driving through a tunnel. The walls are blistered. Do you know where I could be?” “Look for the green signboard. What does it read?” “Reads… City Eleven Point Two Four. Four k...
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Inside a Desert Flower
She rests in my arms like a desert flower waiting for the rain. I say I have forgotten how to love. She says it is because she has never let me love her. I ask what is the fragrance of the moon, An…...
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The Sky, Peeled Off
I once had the chance to see the other side of the sky, and the stars didn’t glitter; they were grey shadows as diminished as the mole on her breast. The sun didn’t vent its wrath, but …...
5 Years Ago
