Aliyah MarufMAKE ME A MEALThere is a house. A house painted blue, black, a dash of grey the type left after charcoal is burnt out. The grey of ash. Inside the house…Mar 20, 20236Mar 20, 20236
Aliyah MarufTHIS IS HOW YOU BUILD A HOUSE AROUND MY BODYTrigger warning: abuse, murder.May 31, 20223May 31, 20223
Aliyah MarufGrief lessons.You will learn to love yourself. Bitterly at first. Then painfully, before it becomes a necessity.Mar 25, 20221Mar 25, 20221
Aliyah MarufMY MOTHER IS ALL THE PARTS OF ME I CAN NOT FIND IN MY FATHER.Anger is the anchor weighing me down. It is the pain that writhes inside my stomach. It is at the tip of my hands, my fingers unstable and…Mar 4, 20222Mar 4, 20222
Aliyah MarufMkpurummaWe all sit gathered around the rickety hospital bed. My father, my two brothers, my four sisters, my bald cousin, my handicapped aunt in…Jan 18, 2022Jan 18, 2022
Aliyah MarufMan, Wife, Knife.A day will come and after you come back from the barbershop with hair cut low, you will pick up the black bag covered in dust up from the…Jan 13, 20221Jan 13, 20221
Aliyah MarufROPES THAT DO NOT HOLD STRONGA day will come when you will tie a piece of rope around your husband, Mide's neck. You will secure the other end of the rope around the…Nov 20, 20211Nov 20, 20211
