Monthly Archives: March 2014
The Island
No, this is not related to the 2005 movie of the same name. Like my previous poem, The Albatross, I wrote this while travelling back to Lebanon last year, but was hesitant to publish it for some reason or the other. Anyway, … Continue reading
The Albatross
This is an old poem I had lying around. I wrote this while I. was returning to Lebanon from a trip to Turkey about a year ago to the date (Fun fact: that trip was the first time in seven … Continue reading
Homesick-A (Very) Short Story
Rabieh felt a mixture of yearning and jealousy as the people in the video-some of whom he knew- danced and laughed to Pharrell’s “Happy”. University students, old friends, children, and even manual laborers alike danced and clapped their hands with … Continue reading
A Mothers’ Day and Smartphone-Related Short Story
Here’s another short story I wrote on the fly. Feedback welcome as always. Enjoy! Ping! Ping! Ping! The phone rang three times before Collin set his iron upright to check it. He pulled it out of his pocket and briefly … Continue reading
A Statement of Purpose-Related Short Story
The monitor taunted Collin with every word he had written. Paragraph upon paragraph of why he was the right candidate for the country’s top graduate programs in neuroscience laughed at him, beckoning him to make even more adjustments to the Frankenstein’s … Continue reading
Bits and Pieces 