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A 'World' Cup truly
A piece started back when we were still lodged in the Group of 16. A piece that might have been abandoned like so many others had it not been for the crazy Semi-Final score between Brazil and Germany. That acted as a propeller, not as a subject changer, because it only made me realise just how much...
Posted on 9 July 2014 | 6:09 pm
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How can you sing the Lord's Song in a strange land?
"I was in Class III during the war. It was fought 'bahar' (outside of the city) but we saw the planes flying overhead all the time. All day we were made to stay indoors and the adults only talked about the war... I never went to school again. Now I cook and clean for tourists...I am happy to be in I...
Posted on 5 March 2014 | 8:54 pm
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TO BE YOUR KNIGHT
This will be the last time I wield my pen. My eyes are weak, I can barely see. But I sit myself down at the end of my days because I know I can't leave without ever having said what I have felt everyday for almost half a decade. And I write this in the hope that in a rare lucid moment, it might catc...
Posted on 2 March 2013 | 5:05 pm
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