Archive for the 'Fiction' Category

21 May 2010

Alice in Talibland-3

By Anwaar Hussain Phew! exclaimed Alice with relief on being awoken, ‘that was some nightmare.’ Except, immediately later, a wave of anxiety swept over her—she would be sleeping again tonight. Will she be back in Talibland? Presently, however, she put the thought away and agreed to accompany her sister to the river bank to pick [...]

11 Apr 2008

Stoning of the Songbirds

By Anwaar Hussain The story below has been inspired by the news of a recent stoning of a man and a woman in Northern Pakistan. It is a work of fiction. The first stone whizzed way above her head missing her exposed torso by a wide margin. She was half buried into a hole dug [...]

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