Category: ESCAPE FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

It's a Friday night, looming with murky ambiance, but the cool humidity keeps apportioning freshness. Unable to sleep - anxiety eating me up like a corroded metal so I close...

The same day, the night finally falls. Hearing Ashraf's tasleem, I quickly start hiding all my loitering and hanged underwear inside my big box. I sweep the floor and keep...

Following my Level Adviser's advice, I've been searching for a spouse before my age will become a disadvantage. I meet two brothers from my brother but none ever work out;...

A visit to my Level Adviser adds an instruction to my life; being a single mother could be a characteristic setback when it comes to seeking a good spouse but...

"Why didn't you tell me about this earlier? A week has passed Mar'yam," Idayah asks, highly concerned. "Why should I when you've been grieving?" "Mar'yam has told me not to...

Life is like a moving train which we board separately but would alight at different destinations. Even though we are on the same journey, we tread on various routes for...

It is almost 11pm, the call I just received keeps me awake, worried, tossing and turning in bed; Idayah has just told me that Mar'yam is sick, her quivering voice...

It's in the morning. I change my lying position to the other side as I hear the first adhan of Fajr salat calling from a distance, thinking there is still...

Numbed by the shock of what I just heard, outside the hospital under the eaves by the left, I sit on the pavement. Looking dazed at Ummy and other women...

By the Intensive Care Unit, I stand, peeping through the transparent glass, I see Kafilah lying almost lifeless on the bed, her nose and mouth covered with an oxygen mask....