Author: Humaith Cassim

Drama enthusiast with a passion for screenplays and poetry.

Nostalgia

imageByHumaith CassimOctober 8, 2019
We all ran the corridors together to make sure we were always ahead of the headmaster. If one did get caught, we all took the blame being ready to be held accountable for every one’s mistakes. This unity is something I was willing to give up to settle sooner. It was never a

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Unapologetically Me

imageByHumaith CassimSeptember 20, 2019
She frowned into the mirror in frustration as a strand of hair kept falling off the sides of her hijab, The rest of her family contemplating on how she would find it easier, only if she was wearing a niqab. She hid herself behind the hijab as it made her feel safer, Safer

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The Last of Lines

imageByHumaith CassimJune 17, 2019
I stand there by the old man that held my hand as I walked down the coast, The old man that never hesitated to put a grumpy face toward me as I run away in haste. I stand there by the old man that never failed in his sense of hospitality, And here I grew […]

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Lost in the Light

imageByHumaith CassimMay 3, 2019
The windows never concealed the openness unless it was tinted, The thoughts never disappeared until it was painted. Painted with the love that was once forbidden to this lost soul, Stranded in the darkness despite the lightness that lay beneath his heart.   Standing

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The Fall is Coming

imageByHumaith CassimMarch 19, 2019
The sun glares down on me whilst the cold in the air gives me goosebumps, The days becoming shorter leaving sunsets with less of its colour and more of the darkness of the nights. Everything is meant to change, change being consistent in life despite the inconsistency that

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One’s First Love

imageByHumaith CassimJanuary 2, 2019
He waited till his mother went around the house chanting prayers to all his siblings before Ms. Rukhaiyah came to the front to where he was lying on the couch watching his favourite team play in the La Liga. His mother bent over obstructing a complete view of the television

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