by Rohana Edalur | Jul 10, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Khadija Noor Mehal Lahore A married girl This society I belong to, expects a girl to get married young and tender,with no relations to her family or pursuit of dreams. She becomes an object of the husband’s family, expected to serve like a slave. An educated...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Anonymous Kenya Defying the norms The hills protruded to block the light, after doing my form four exam. In our tribe, girls were seen as birds, birds that will fly one day to their matrimonial home. Girls were never counted as the heritage of the family, boys...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Syeda Sara Hassan Lahore, Pakistan Strengths in our Difference “We’re not the same,” I hear the words in the anger of another; the building rush of hatred mirroring my fear. Back then I could not find it within myself to ask “why not?” because some instinctual...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Emmanuel Chika Eunice Nigeria Three Pints of Kindness “Ma’am, we need at least three pints of blood to be able to operate on your son,” the doctor told Ahneeka. “Is my son’s blood group not available in the hospital’s blood bank?” Ahneeka...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Surprise Mary Nyagoha Kenya The girl with the afro I grew up in an African setting. Around nature and all that it has to offer. Not the stereotypical setting that most Western countries believe we live in; where we get to chase or be chased by lions while...
