New Beginnings

by Ikhlas // 23 April, 2013 // 15 Comments

Today marks the day that I started sending out query letters to agents asking them to represent my manuscript Aisha. I got the idea for Aisha almost 2 years ago now. It took me about a year to actually write the story down,...

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Dreams

by Ikhlas // 12 January, 2013 // 1 Comment

Sometimes I wonder what the point of waiting for my dreams to come true is. Of anxiously waiting for things to happen that seem like they’ll never happen. Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only one who’s stuck in this place,...

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This Is What Makes Us Girls

by Ikhlas // 5 January, 2013 // 2 Comments

It doesn’t take much to be carried away on the weak wings of imaginings, as these fleeting hopes take us to unimaginable heights. It doesn’t take much- a look, a laugh, a lie- to lose ourselves utterly to the dancing...

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A Few Scattered Thoughts

by Ikhlas // 10 December, 2012 // 7 Comments

I sit across my brother as he sits choosing university courses. How easy it seems, to him at least, to choose the course of his life in a matter of a few classes. His eyes are lit up with excitement...

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Zebra

by Ikhlas // 19 November, 2012 // No Comments

They see me, all they do is see me. Because I cannot hide in the wide, open pastures of cruelty. Instead, I crouch down low, and try to avoid their shameful gazes. Their eyes full of judgement. For some, I...

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The Whimsical Whims of Ikhlas Hussain

Writing

New Beginnings

Dreams

This Is What Makes Us Girls

A Few Scattered Thoughts

Zebra