“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

“One of the men dressed in a green kurta motioned to the others to stop, carefully analyzed the house, taking his time, and then slowly stepped forward.”

— 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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