Everything I've written and kept.
107 pieces, going back to age 16. A notebook from school, a small magazine in the UAE, and twelve years of blog posts since. The earliest ones are signed Age 17. Govt. College For Men. Karachi, Pakistan. The voice didn't change as much as I expected it to.
Blog
Essays I had to write down
Startups, marketing, mental health, family, faith, the sea. Most were written when something needed more than a LinkedIn post. The newer ones are slower and more honest.
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Notebook
Early essays
Published in YT magazine when I was 16 and 17, written from a hostel in Karachi. The voice is rough. The convictions aren't.
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Notebook
Poems
Dark openings. Hopeful endings. Fathers and sons, faith and forgiveness, the dark places that end in light. Themes haven't changed in twenty years.
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Notebook
Short stories
A shopkeeper who wishes the world rich. A cursed castle that takes a brother. A werewolf who never knew. Allegories from the same notebook.
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Primary source
Magazine clippings
The actual magazine pages from YT in the UAE. Poems, stories, and essays in print. Kept in a drawer for sixteen years.
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