Words Zahra K. Header Credits Google. To my daughter, The apple of my eyes, my sunshine. When you came into this world I wanted to protect you with all I had. Those tiny eyes beaming at me with love, little fingers hands and feet, you were…
Words Zahabiya. Header Credits Google. The problem was that it was in a square and quite a popular one at that. It wasn’t like in a restaurant, or a concert or even a church – most public places involved an element of either sitting down or…
Words Sakina N. Header Credits Google. Deman was tired. It had been a long and harrowing day. Her roots were parched and her branches stiff. She longed for a sip of water but unfortunately, summer had yet to come to an end. How she dreamt of…
Words Sakina M. Header Credits Google. We are kicking off a new round of blog posts and this time we’ve focused on how art inspires art. Our next month’s pieces will take as their inspiration female artists and their work. Our own female artists, our writers,…
Words Zahabiya. Digital Art Sakina K. Good habits are, as I’m sure you’ll agree, hard to make and easy to break. I don’t have children, but I understand it’s even harder to get kids to make them. By that logic, I suppose it’s even harder to…
Words Arva M. Photograph Alifiya S. For many of us, our children made our lives more purposeful, gave us direction and for all of us they brought immense joy. Parents give birth to a child and the child gives birth to her parents. It thus follows…
Words Sakeenah N. Digital Art Sakina K. Prologue -11.02 19th July- He said, ‘I want you to disappear.’ I said, ‘I believe we will meet again. Even if you don’t.’ He said, ‘This could have been true. But I don’t care’ I said, ‘It doesn’t matter,…
Words Arwa H. Digital Photograph Alifiya S. I was the last one in my school grade to start wearing a rida, with none of my school friends wearing one to school. Amma gave me a choice; knowing the issues teenage girls already have, that I could…
Photographs and Words Zahra Ammar. Foreword With a background in Economics, Finance and English, she passionately doodles on any surface, weaves threads and is in love with paper and food. She loves the versatility and form that paper has to offer. In her own way,…
Words Batul S. Photograph Alifiya M. I live in sunny Singapore. On this tiny island home, we are blessed with summer heat and blooming flowers for the better part of the year. But towards the end of our yearly tour ‘round the sun, we welcome…
