Short Story: The Poison of the Blue Rose Author: Yasmin Marri Blog: Personal Response to Selected Text This is an inner-monologue spoken by, A’idah, a young lady who was forced into an arranged marriage although she[…]
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A Ladies Only Poker Night
A Ladies Only Poker Night A Monologue: Stella to Blanche Stella is losing her temper with Blanche over a few drinks of bourbon while playing a game of poker in the kitchen. New found truths[…]
Jannat al-Arif- The Architect’s Garden (Personal Response)
What do the texts suggest about the conflict between choosing a personal desire or choosing to conform? Responding to: Diogène ou la Lucidité By: Malika Daya Jannat al-Arif- The Architect’s Garden She sat silently on[…]
Who Killed Humanism?
Bomb blasts, man slaughter, rape, gas chambers, gun shots, intentional fires, purposeful suffocation, and the list continues. Death, death, and more death. Everywhere we look, someone is dying, someone is fleeing, someone is taking his/her[…]
The Miracle of Love
Dear My Future Baby, Love. What is love? Love is madness, love is delight, love is pain, love is passion. Love is behind all the rational and irrational decisions we make in life. And it[…]
Dear Homophobe
Dear Homophobe, He was 15 and terrorized. He didn’t even know what being gay meant. He prayed relentlessly to God, begging Him to fix him. A fifteen year old boy began to despise himself… God did[…]
A World of Indefinites
If there is anything I could say I “believe in” it is this: I believe in the world being indefinite. I believe in every belief, truth, and value to be flawed, therefore even this belief can not[…]