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    A publication of the English Department at the American University of Sharjah

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    Creative Writing

    Poetry

    Irrealis

    By Rose Kulsum-Binder

     

    At night reality takes to slumber,

    Dreams awaken, rumble,

    And thunder.

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    Brother

    By Jinan Ismail

     

    Jaw-clenching,

    foot-tapping,

    door-slamming,

    sitting with your knees three feet apart: 

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    Where We Once Stood

    By Zarnain Abdul-Samad

     

    Where We Once Stood,

                               at the Edge of

    Winter and Spring

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    Prose

    A Biography of Days that Mattered Most

    By Asma Alabed

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    I threw my head into the ocean. Off the East Coast not far from where we lost our first kisses to boys who did not know a thing about what the particles we were made of meant. Mistaking my pixie dust for that of saw. Do you remember? 

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    Love After Loss  

    By Rama Tolimat

     

    By 8:00 am, everyone at my grandparent’s house is awake and sat at the breakfast table which understandably makes me furious, as I cannot comprehend why anyone would be awake this early during the summer vacation.

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    Vignette 

    By Shreya Bhatia

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    To 60-year-old Aruna Mathur, maneuvering through unruly traffic and walking in between rikshaws and autos felt like going into war. She waddled at a slow pace, water bottle and bags in hand, lagging behind her nieces, nephews and grandchildren. 

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    Estranged from My Own Heritage 

    By Mariem Amer

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    A visit back to my country was long overdue by then; my family and I made our way to my home city, Alexandria, for the summer of 2012. I experienced the last few days of Ramadan and the following Eid Al-Fitr for the first (conscious) time in my life in Egypt.

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