by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Manal Khawar Pakistan Divided By Borders, Connected By Hearts With bundles of nervousness and a pinch of excitement, I hopped on the plane from Pakistan on a scholarship program to the USA. As I landed, the horrifying stories of racism and Islamophobia started...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Anne-Sharlene Murapa Johannesburg, South Africa Never Too Much for Anything I have lost count of the number of times that I have read up on the history of my people (the Shona and Ndebele of Zimbabwe), to further understand what my supposed culture could...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Lalitha AR Bengaluru, India Arzu It was the first time eight-year-old Arzu was on an airplane. She had dreamt about taking her first flight with Baba for a long time, but this journey was nothing as her dream. Her Baba wasn’t with her. He had been killed...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Habiba Gicheru Nairobi, Kenya Through this, together The whole season had been tough and nothing seemed to be looking up for the small family. It was the sixth week since the entire country had gone on a lockdown. Gakenia and her friends had been out of their...
by Rohana Edalur | Jul 9, 2025 | Ink Around the World
Emma Wangari Maina Nairobi Mama’s Wonder Son January 16, 1999, It would help if I began from the beginning. On March 12th, 1986, a bouncing boy opened his eyes, hardly crying. He didn’t notice the jolly faces of the onlookers above him, who held him and...
