Naima fought the urge to hold her brother in her arms, like the times she would assuage his pain whenever he had bruised himself all those years ago.

— Zuhaib Shaikh, The Return

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The Return

by Zuhaib Shaikh

Drama · 35 pages

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Zuhaib Shaikh

Zuhaib Shaikh takes refuge in words and, upon emerging to the surface, tells stories through micropoetry, haiku, short stories, theater, stand-up comedy, screenwriting and a novel which has been in…

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