His carpet is stone, dirt
And trash that no one wants
Decorated by urine and faeces
Which is often his own
Feet blistered with red blue sores
Toenails crafted with serrated stones...
Ahmad IBRAHIM lives in Lahore, Pakistan and participated in Between the Lines: Silk Routes in the summer of 2016. Ahmad is currently in school and is an avid reader and writer; he especially loves Harry Potter.
His carpet is stone, dirt And trash that no one wants Decorated by urine and faeces Which is often his own Feet blistered with red blue sores Toenails crafted with serrated stones... media_text
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Being part of the city Lahore has integrated in me the love for spicy food; ‘kebabs’ (meat grilled on a skewer over coal), ‘malai boti’ (creamy, buttery chicken), paalik paneer (spinach with... media_text
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It all started one cold day With angry eyes and angry ways We marched out in the snow Our figures hidden and voices low We had to talk to them We had to talk to them They had... media_text
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When asked to reflect on his homeland of Pakistan, a country forever transformed by a history of partition and postcolonialism, Ahmad Ibrahim Suphi stated that “the people of the country are so divided nowadays it is... media_text
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