Excerpts from “Being” a self-published Poetry book by Talia Basma. Talia released her first collection of poetry as a chronology of her teen life. “Being” offers readers insight on the life of being a Muslim American teen through poetry about the
My father does not speak American. His mother tongue is Punjabi, the five rivers, where there is life and growth and a place where his history belongs and is cherished and refuses to die – My father does not speak
In the year 2014, a 15-year-old refugee girl was so excited to finally be able to go and see her hometown. She had never stepped into her country before, and couldn’t wait to discover her ancestors’ way of life. But