The next day, I had to bide my time. We came back from swimming and…
Tag: Shelina Shariff-Zia
Mombasa. I dreamt of Mombasa again last night. Mombasa, just saying the name makes me…
I AM NOT GONE I am not gone, While you cry with me. I am not…
My college students were talking about shopping for Christmas gifts on Black Friday during a…
“Khatun met Kassamali at a party and got married a few months later. After one…
Shelina Shariff-Zia will be giving a reading from her novel “Nairobi days” at The Kew…
Gulzar was born in Mombasa, Kenya on March 26th in 1936. Her mother had gone…
Excerpt Ma’s own daughter Gulshan fell head over heels in love with Haider. She met…
Excerpt: I remember when Ma first told me about herself; it was a weekday afternoon…
Shakespeare’s Book Store on 68th street and Lexington Avenue, New York with their lovely café,…
Writer Shelina Shariff-Zia told stories about her family while living in Kenya and Uganda at…
