Things started to progress with Nasser, they started talking now that he was back, they met this one time at the movies, although it wasn’t a date they were just in the same theatre at the same time.  Jade had told him she wanted to go see the Lara Croft Tomb Raider movie at one [...]

“Close your eyes.” I giggled. “Chub mabi, akhaf you like stick something in my nose wila tickle me. Mabi!” “Yallah 3ad Shaha, close them! Mara7 asawi shay!” I looked at him; looked deep into his eyes and felt the trust that I needed …

He wasn’t my prince charming, to say the least. Ibrahim called me two days after our little encounter and proceeded to tell me that he loved me. He didn’t even know me! Just because he freakishly found out my name, number, and address didn’…

Back in the summer of 2007, sometime before I had met Omar, even, I had briefly been introduced to a guy by the name of Youssef. I was in no way, shape, or form remotely interested or attracted to said Youssef. I paid no heed to him at all. And no…

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 23:56:14 From: Nawaf Flani Subject: Help! To: shahaflani@gmail.com heey! whats up I haven’t heard from u in ages! hey listen I have a small issue that I wanted to talk to u about and I want ur honest opinion k? I me…

Two and a half months. June, July, and part of August. Two and a half months in the summer of 2008 spent completely, entirely, and utterly alone. From the moment I boarded the plane to LA, Hesham’s five-page letter in hand, till I landed back in …

She hung up on that weird call, well not hung up but the conversation ran it’s course and they had to say their good-byes.  She couldn’t believe what she heard and had she been so invested in him rather than wanting to be with him she might have been affected even more, might even have [...]