It was a beautiful calm and clear day, Sun appeared clearly well in the sky as if to smile towards the earth saying here is my last gift of warmth before the winter takes over. I was glad we too were the receivers of that gift. The wheels of our Cultus dragged hard on the stones and pebbles of the dirt road, at...

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In my life I have continuously interacted with two very different worlds… My work for instance takes me to scenarios highly varying from each other… times when surrounded by sober looking men with curly beards and angry eyes that are wrinkled on sides by continuous fierce gazes in a small village of Balochistan for a mobilization meeting of Sughar and times when women...

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Just yesterday I was saying to a friend, Where do I find the peace that I find from the existence of God As there is noise Clatter People talking shouting and traffic around me Its hard I had said To seek God and talk to him directly in a city like this Today while commuting to work I saw people smiling I saw...

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If we only knew that happiness of Allah is in happiness of its people, we would surely go around making everyone joyful and the true meaning of Islam would flourish around us like that of a majestic fragrance soothing and soothing our minds until it becomes a part of our soul and the beating of our heart. ...

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(inspired from a recent talk with a dear friend) And yes we fear death We run from it far away in our distant secure place we still feel uneasy because there it stands waiting and waiting while we fight back we fight with all our might forgetting death never talking death ignoring death in our own minds heart we at time are victorious...

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I know the wind called me back, I almost heard it whisper, I know the mountains echo my name, they did send me a letter. The road in Boulder still thinks of me, the trees out Mansion would remember me, because I know we have shared... some beautiful beautiful times together... As for the people in there? It does not matter, because my...

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In the crisp moments of my thoughts yet another memory fights to arise With bright blinking day light and earth shinning moon My thoughts simply fight together They gather on a sturdy noon Green as waves of the darkest sea Sweeping through the heart of Sindh The meadows once I took pride in Without them I had thought where I would be Dust...

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A few weeks ago I lost my team member to Cancer, for sometime the sudden loss didnt allow me to think or talk about anything.. but I think I now have the courage enough to write about her and thank her for being in my life.  In our lives we meet thousands of people, some leave the least impression on us while others...

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For my father, who knew. I am never old enough Enveloped in your big gentle hands I had seen my world for the first time Had smelled that familiar fragrance of your being And had heard the beating of your heart All I knew my world was that Your hands my father and your beautiful scent The familiarity of your voice and The...

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As a child I was addicted to dolls and doll houses, my cousins weren't any different..... We would sit together hours making fabric dolls and would sew black eyes for them and sometimes put round mirrors for their faces. We would arrange weddings of our dolls and sing songs at the top our lungs.... In those days of dolls and In those days...

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Where is God they ask me.. I don't have to respond or if I do I just smile because right there in that very moment God is also smiling because he is in our smiles when we breath in and feel the air filling our lungs God is there when rain drops come falling from the sky upon our thirsty souls there is...

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Khalida Brohi is a youth activist and social entrepreneur leading the Sughar Program in Pakistan that aims towards ending the custom of honor killing by promoting the beautiful traditions and by providing socio-economic empowerment to tribal women. At the age of 22 Khalida is a dedicated entrepreneur and winner of the Young Champion Award by University of Singapore, an Unreasonable Institute Fellow and...

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Dear Earth,Its been a while since I last wrote to you, or...did I ever write to you at all? There's been so much going on and I just have a lot to tell you!Do you remember the times you and I had spent together? Oh those were such wonderful times....I had my tiny feet on your lush green surface and the way your...

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Hospitals depress meThey remind me of prison cells  Its where, frowning people in painSleep on tube framed squeaky beds A heavy scent of aspirinGreets you on the doorFar away in a cornerA baby’s shrill cries echo Like thunder rolling from a heavy cloud Hospitals depress meThey tell me what is dying and deathFluid-like through the creaks of the windowSlow as the shadows of...

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