Sitemap - 2025 - this rubble is ours

12 things I am thinking about as the year comes to a close

the first time I heard someone call my dad an orphan

What the U.S. Doesn’t Want to Admit About The National Guard Shooting

on a surfboard at the family dinner table

Pakistan Kills 9 Kids, 1 Woman in Afghanistan

why I started wearing hijab at 9 years old.

the girl that no one wanted to play with at recess

#1 Humanitarian Aid Dispatch: Afghanistan

all the ways we love

When the State Isn’t Ready: The Psychological Torture of Post-Conviction Court

there was once a country

where do you go when there's nowhere left to be?

launching the diaspora writing club!

dick cheney is dead, but my family still lives in his war.

you're not too young, they're too old

success looks different as the eldest daughter

what the media won't tell you about pakistan’s airstrikes in afghanistan

more oregano & pesto!

getting dress coded at work? let's talk.

for plarjon, a thousand times over.

last moments in my 24th year

before the russians came looking for us iii.

What good is a heart?

someone somewhere stopped counting

flawed & living still.

a quarter of my dreams into life!

my aid workers are saying we need to buy shrouds

I cheated on my feelings with you

why you should have never stolen my bike.

are we going on tour?

what happened in Afghanistan after august 15th, 2021.

helping the ice cream man, the hail storm, & my upcoming poetry series!

before the russians came looking for us ii.

learning how to walk again

randy orten is my spirit animal

before the russians came looking for us

i'd fight everyone in poli sci classes

10 step guide on what happens when the rug is pulled out from under you

flailing my arms in embarrassment!

the lululemon jacket did not save my life

in Afghanistan, we dance.

iv. the russians are looking for us

everyone in Afghanistan has a front porch

day 7 in kabul

letter to aayat kaka

Reflections Before Returning to Afghanistan

iii. the russians are looking for us

ii. the russians are looking for us

What’s Happening to Afghans in Pakistan

the russians are looking for us

make all the mistakes

child brides don't make the best mothers

the first time I tasted a mulberry

breaking anar #3: I wish I knew my father

breaking anar #2: rugs rolled out from under, things I ask god, & this past winter

breaking anar #1: ramadan, our mothers wearing our clothes now, & why I hate mirrors

why I left my corporate job, islamaphobia, and being visibly muslim in this political climate

dear god

for the mother who does