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by Bassam Sidiki

On the day of my diagnosis in Kalamazoo, they whisked me away from my mother’s unrelenting hands on a wheelchair, even though I felt perfectly capable of walking.

The photo by Aamna Waseem is of a variety of autumn leaves submerged in water, in colors of yellow, brown, maroon and rust.

After Winter
by Samee Ahmad

When I was a child, he delivered a solemn sermon at the blue tiled mosque every week. Later, we piled into the car, we picked up his friends and drove to Shah Jamal.​

The artwork by Adeela Khan is of a glass bottle completely filled with a twisting green vine inside and spilling out of it, twisting around outside the bottle, green leaves sprouting at the rim of the bottle. It is on a white-gray background.

The Money Plant
by Tabinda Khurshid

It has been more than 15 years now that I have been living on my own. One particular plant that has been recommended to me multiple times is the Epipremnum aureum, more commonly known as Pothos or Devil’s Ivy.

The photo is of raindrops on a car windshield on a rainy night. Through the blur of the rain water streetlights can be seen.

The Road to Closure
by Roha Arif

I remember my attention zeroing in on my thumbs and feeling relief. I loved that they were more square than round on the edge, and my siblings usually teased me about that

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