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Hina Ahmed

Hina Ahmed is a writer based in Lawrence, Kansas. She is currently a PhD student in creative writing at the University of Kansas. She’s currently at work on a literary novel. In her free time she enjoys reading, hiking, yoga and spending time with her family and friends.

Inside a Persian Rug

Inside a Persian Rug by Hina Ahmed Naani was the only person allowed into our wedding hall before the ceremony began, the VIP, the Queen Bee. She was the first one to see the decorated hall, the
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The Colonial

Zareena and her childhood friend Sydney sat in a Mexican restaurant at a bar beneath dim lights, waiting for Sydney’s friend Katie to arrive. It would be Zareena’s first time meeting Katie. Sydney had told Zareena that Katie had recently broken up
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The Proposals

With a towel wrapped around her wet hair, Mariam stood in her closet, trying to figure out what shalwar kameez to wear to the family dinner. She rummaged through, passing all the bright-coloured ones and landed on a black one. She
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Father’s Day

“Fix everything in the apartment, my parents can’t know you practically live here,” Mariam said to her boyfriend, Steve, before getting ready to take her parents to a Father’s Day breakfast. “I will, don’t worry,” Steve said, rolling out of
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The Tears We Cry

I stood against the front door, staring up at her, bags in her hand. As my mother’s voice strengthened, my body weakened. I shrank to the ground, hugging my knees to my chest, wanting to scream: shut the fuck
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Oxygen

“What do you think about the X-rays, Dr Smith?” Dr Zoya Khan asked him, over the phone. “I think we should remove that tooth, especially since she has been complaining about its pain for so long. It just needs to come
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