A Place for Us

by Fatima Farheen Mirza

She could hold in her heart a belief in Islam as well as the unwavering belief that every human had the

right to choose who they loved, and how, and that belief was in exact accordance with her faith: that it is the individual’s right to choose, and the individual’s duty to empathize with one another.

“I may not see you again and we may not speak again,” she said, “but whatever comes, I want you to know there is a part of me that will always be who I was when I wrote that note and left it on your pillow. I never regretted that. I will always hope that you are happy, and safe, and healthy. I will pray you keep your promise. And that wherever you are, you are at home there.”