"I Digress." We could lay beside each other: A uniform complement. White blouse, red tartan skirt: Brilliant color subdued in the light of a dancing flame: A flame of a solitary bedside candle. We would hold hands: Interlacing fingers, and looking, deep into each other's eyes. Yes, I would remember those eyes. You might lounge on your side: I would l...
A Solo Evening---The Plot thickens I found out that I was soon to have surgery for the problems that I was having in my neck and back. The problem was located in my neck, which was causing pain in other places throughout my body. The doctors told me that they were going to have to do a fusion involving three of my vertebrae, Shari remained by my side. Her c...
I stand in the terminal shaking with anticipation. I really don't need this sign; I know what he looks like by heart. Shorter hair and a desert tan aren't going to throw me off. Of course, I haven't seen Even in person in over two years, but his face is imprinted on my soul. He's the picture behind my eyelids right before sleep descends every night. Flight...
We were told not to speak unless spoken to. Of course, we knew that already. No one came through the doors of that house on Highbury Street without knowing the basics and usually more. We came with no clothing, no jewelry, no accessories or make up allowed. It was October that year that I arrived and we were allowed, or rather issued, a pair of simple canvas...
The year is 2078. In 2010, there was a terrible war. World War Three occurred. The powers of the Middle East, allied with Japan and China unleashed hell upon the United States of America, which had grown increasingly tyrannical over the ages. The Middle-Eastern Brotherhood, along with the Asian Coalition defeated the power of American soldiers. The U.S. wa...
The Emirate of Kobekistan is one of those wonderful places where a visitor feels that they have stepped back into a more leisurely, more dignified era of history, but without sacrificing any of the more useful gadgets of modern civilisation. Air-conditioning protects the inhabitants from the rigours of a sub-tropical climate. Motor cars whisk them from one b...
"So, Izzy, you really like my farts?" Nabila Yassin said softly, and the young Yemeni Muslim woman looked at her lover Ismail "Izzy" Machar, as they sat inside the Starbucks located across the Ottawa Main Library on Metcalfe Street. It was a frosty Tuesday morning in mid-November in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, but inside the small, trendy café, things were def...
The War in Heaven continues to rage. Neither side could claim victory, for how can you completely destroy your opponent when you're both Immortal? For reasons such as these, the Angels came down from Heaven and turned the planet Earth into their battlefield. For, you see, on Earth, everything dies. Here, even Angels can die. It's not easy to kill them, but d...
I knew when I agreed to go on a blind date with one of my best friend's co-worker I was doing the wrong thing, but like the good little girl my mother raise, I went because I'm a nice person. I don't like prejudging people; I usually give everyone at least one shot at pissing me off. The guy I allowed my best friend Tamara to talk me into going out with na...
According to the most sacred of Islamic teachings, all mankind stem from Adam and Eve, father and mother of the entire human race. We all come from them, without exception. From the darkest African to the white man, the Arab, and all the races in between. It's a beautiful sentiment, too bad my fellow Muslims forget it all too often. How else would you expl...