Author: Nuha Faiz

BA undergraduate. Teacher by profession, reader by birth and a writer by choice. I bond over anything well-written, aesthetics, food and cats.

Betrayal

imageByNuha FaizJuly 5, 2020
“Didn’t expect you here,” he said as he spotted me at the mall on that fine Saturday.  Not sure if I have to call it a fine Saturday after that conversation, but I am sure it was a ‘great’ end to my weekend. He was with his new wife and a kid I

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No Strings Attached

imageByNuha FaizJune 10, 2020
Our little wooden cottage was set up on the coast of the Summer Vacay, not very far from the sea. A walk with grandpa, enjoying the tranquility and warmth of the evening in silence forced a lot of questions in me. Halfway through the slowed-down wobbly steps assured me my

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A Letter To My Old Self

imageByNuha FaizNovember 22, 2019
Dear girl who had a shoddy past, I am hoping that we will never meet again and therefore writing this letter to talk to you, to confess, to thank you for the times you have been there for me when the whole world let me down. You and I are two different characters but have

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To My Brother In Heaven

imageByNuha FaizOctober 2, 2019
Dear Brother, Some may say it is unwise of me to write a letter to you when you are somewhere this letter cannot reach, but there are things I want to tell you, show you and talk to you about. Life has never been an easy ride for me. I have our family; they are […]

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Undivided Love

imageByNuha FaizSeptember 10, 2019
‘I have never seen Inam this serious.’ I thought. Something was seriously wrong. His thick black eyebrows narrowed, jaws stiffened and fair skin turned red.  ‘What is wrong, sweetheart?’ He didn’t seem to hear me as his fingers went fast on the grey keypad on his table. I

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Unforeseen

imageByNuha FaizSeptember 3, 2019
‘Funny how you’ve got to get your heart broken ninety-nine times to feel numb on your hundredth’, she tweeted. Letting her long black hair on the floor from the edge of her bed, she took a look at her mother at a reversed view standing at her doorway with hands on hips. “The

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The Unhappy Bride.

imageByNuha FaizFebruary 5, 2019
With a heart heavier than the dress she wore that day, she walked up to the beautifully adorned stage that awaited to glow as she took the seat that was meant for her. ‘Smile. It’s your big day!’, her closest cousin reminded her as she placed the heavy dupatta to cover the

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To live by the hills.

imageByNuha FaizDecember 25, 2018
Frozen nose and palms, I watch the city lighting up, As its people close their eyesTo sleep. To the slow music I smile in rhythm, As it begins to rain. Now the road gets glossyReflecting street lights, Lights of vehicles passing by. Those little lights I shan’t forget,That

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Pleasance

imageByNuha FaizNovember 24, 2018
‘Do you know that Rumi is married to our cousin?’, she asked as I pronounced his name. I nodded. Looking dolorously at me, she squeezed my stained palm with her own and sighed. I understood that she wanted to hear everything. After-all, I knew that she was going to be my

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