“Naima fought the urge to hold her brother in her arms, like the times she would assuage his pain whenever he had bruised himself all those years ago.”

— Zuhaib Shaikh

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Zuhaib Shaikh

Zuhaib Shaikh takes refuge in words and, upon emerging to the surface, tells stories through micropoetry, haiku, short stories, theater, stand-up comedy, screenwriting and a novel which has been in…

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“Sometimes he felt ashamed of himself because of his academic results and how he could never achieve anything good in his life.”

— Hunnia Yousuf, Beware of the Demons Amongst - Fantasy Mystery Book

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““You’ll know it when it’s time,” and with that, Suria took off, knowing she’ll never see Baz again.”

— Kanwal Shariq, The Storm Unfolds - Fiction Book About Magic and War

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“Brazing is a process in which two or more metals are bonded together by means of heating and melting an alloy (filler) and flowing it into the joint.”

— Tayyab Khalil, Mechanical Engineering: Interview Guidelines for Fresh Engineers

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“Privilege of knowing your old man;though so little,was the cure to mylifelong fatherlessness.”

— Hafsa, Hossana