“Even now, she could recall everything in vivid detail; the suffocating darkness of the night, the chirping cicadas, the fear running like an electric current through her tiny body.”

— Nirmeen Maroof

“That morning, Kausar had risen even before the call for the Fajar prayer and had spent the time restlessly staring at her ceiling fan.”

— Nirmeen Maroof

“Later, when she and her husband were alone in their room and Waleed had tried to touch her, she had almost gone into hysterics.”

— Nirmeen Maroof

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Nirmeen Maroof

A medical student who has been creating stories for as long as she could remember. Nirmeen is particularly drawn to tales of human victory over adversary and she hopes to continue writing in the ne…

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