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an ode to a homeland

lush green below a cloudy sky the rays of sun at fajr time, a hush across the roofs. faint buildings lead into the airport that would...

What really started the Kashmir conflict?

Kashmir Timeline: From Sultanate to Partition Disclaimer: I dislike calling the Kashmir crisis a "conflict." Deeming it so reduces the...

Unpacking Brown Boy Misogyny

Brown boys our age engage in the most violent projections of the patriarchy. The diaspora in New York City represents a microcosm of...

An Open Letter to Selective Activism

Before I start: HELP YEMEN, HELP KASHMIR, and HELP PALESTINE After years of being one of the select few people on my Instagram that would...

anthology vol.2

one. i sit down at this white desk and stare at the wall. i can’t force poetry. i can’t aimlessly scribble my thoughts. it happens once...

redundancy

routine dilutes me. makes my motions less fluid, more rigid. a coffee cup in the kitchen, half-drunk in haste lies there: still. rushed...

What's Going On In India?

WHAT'S HAPPENING? In August of 2019, India lifted it’s special “semi-autonomous” status of Kashmir, rendering the occupied region without...

something for the decade

i grew up on main street surrounded by people that looked like me, melanin hands, gold jewelry, our mother tongues sweet and close enough...

anthology vol. I

undated you are a special kind of wonderful. looked into your eyes while the sky turned a deep, dark purple and saw my own reflection....

Golden

She was running. Her feet pounded on the littered grey cement. Grey, just like the lines of her life - blurred, unfocused, gradation.

A New Direction for Harry Styles

Harry Styles - the name itself even sounds like a rockstar just waiting to happen. Before his evolution into a soloist, Styles was...

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