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Oct 29

One Day, We Left School and Never Came Back to the Same Life

We thought we were just finishing another chapter. We didn’t know we were leaving an entire world behind.

One Day, We Left School and Never Came Back to the Same Life

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Oct 23

Why Does One Line of a Song Get Stuck in Your Head and Refuse to Leave?

A few days ago, I was having a conversation with my aunt, my mother’s sister, when she told me about a strange experience she had gone…

Why Does One Line of a Song Get Stuck in Your Head and Refuse to Leave?

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Oct 21

The Light We Leave Behind

On the strange way absence teaches us love, memories teach us gratitude, and loss teaches us what truly matters.

The Light We Leave Behind

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Oct 12

What If the Past, Present, and Future Are Happening at Once?

Perhaps yesterday, today, and tomorrow exist together, and we are simply travelling through them.

What If the Past, Present, and Future Are Happening at Once?

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Oct 9

The World Was Here Before You, and It Will Be Here After You

But between those two eternities lies a brief, beautiful life that belongs entirely to you.

The World Was Here Before You, and It Will Be Here After You

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Oct 6

The Tragedy of Self-Made People

We see the flowers in their garden, but not the years they spent clearing the thorns

The Tragedy of Self-Made People

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Oct 4

The People Who Paid for Someone Else’s Promises

Through a farmer’s broken harvest, Ahmad Faraz reveals the hidden cost of hope, sacrifice, and promises that never came true.

The People Who Paid for Someone Else’s Promises

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Oct 3

I Thought Distance Would Keep Me Safe

Sometimes the walls we build to avoid pain also block the people who never came to hurt us.

I Thought Distance Would Keep Me Safe

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Oct 2

The Darkest Nights Are Sometimes Where the Stars Become Visible

When reason, courage, and certainty fail us, the people we have lost can become the light we still carry.

The Darkest Nights Are Sometimes Where the Stars Become Visible

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Sep 28

You Can Be Surrounded by Nothing and Still Become Something Extraordinary

Not every empty place is barren; some are where we finally become ourselves.

You Can Be Surrounded by Nothing and Still Become Something Extraordinary

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Fatima Writesher/she

Somewhere between Urdu poetry, a philosophical question, and a strange scientific fact, you’ll find me. I write about ideas that make us pause and wonder daily.

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