The Broken Window
By Farzad Bahari
The window was dusty from the outside. The rain hadn't washed it for months. Dirt caked the broken glass. The wind blew harshly through the cracks of the glass, making a ghostly sound...

Princess of Waltzes
By Fevziye Rahgozar
A new morning was beginning, innocent and bright. Nahid woke up among the jumbled voices and noises of a hundred different nations, who were waiting downstairs in the logger lobby to receive their daily breakfast. All of the days started the same...

Sakeena's Bangles
By Zahera Saed
When I was ten years old, I had a friend named Sakeena who was the same age as I. At the time we were friends, there were six daughters in our household. My two younger brothers weren't born yet. She was the only daughter out of seven already already grown and married sons...

Beware of the Enemy's Tricks
By Nilufar Shuja
A group of young chickens lived together on a farm in the countryside. Among them lived a very wise rooster. All the birds looked up to this rooster...