The Pearl that Broke Its Shell

by Nadia Hashimi

In that way, Shekiba was Afghanistan. Beginning in her childhood, tragedy and malice chipped away at her until she was just a fragment of the person she should have been.

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People who are beset by tragedy once and twice are sure to grieve again. Fate finds it easier to retrace its treads.

That’s how things are! You accept it or you die. It’s that simple.”

But sometimes you have to act out of line, I suppose. Sometimes you have to take a chance if you want something badly enough.