Mariam Tahir, Author at FemAsia Magazine

Mariam Tahir

With a Masters's in Mass Communication, Mariam has freelanced for various print publications over the years, but she considers reading and writing poetry to be her anchor, her catharsis and her way of making sense of the world and her own self. Currently, she is a SAHM to 3 and an ever-willing conduit to “the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions” that she shares on her Instagram page.

Fictional Arts·Literature·Poetry

Having Received Door-to-Door Blackout Orders

Written during the May 2025 India–Pakistan conflict “Draw the curtainsKill the lightsA curfew’s onBlackout all sights.” As if darkness wasn’t alreadythe landscape of our childhoods?Endless hours of load shedding,homework by candlelight,sleep sliced thinas fans stood stillin the Monsoon heat. And every Ramzan,air

by Mariam Tahir

Book Reviews·Fictional Arts·Literature

The Museum of Failures Book Review

Thrity Umrigar’s The Museum of Failures is a searing portrait of betrayal, forgiveness, immigration, cultural complexity, the generation gap, and the long shadow of family secrets, set in India and the United States. While the novel has its strengths—vivid prose, relatable emotions,

by Mariam Tahir

Fictional Arts·Literature

Having Spotted the First Grey

If I were blonde like those princesses from non-woke Disney productions (or more realistically like my fair haired father) it might’ve turned an icy, silvery white like a piece of moonlight frozen by magic or accident and somewhat like the silver tilla

by Mariam Tahir

Fictional Arts·Literature

Upon Reading a Facebook Post

“A well read woman is a dangerous creature,” it says and how about she who writes? to say absolutely nothing of her who should but cannot! Even though she must, she must, she must if she is to leave behind

by Mariam Tahir

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Mariam Tahir

Having Received Door-to-Door Blackout Orders

The Museum of Failures Book Review

Having Spotted the First Grey

Upon Reading a Facebook Post