I’m a Muslim Arab woman, living in the United States. I’m working towards a degree in science, but I also enjoy writing and drawing. You can discover me more through my postings here on RB.
Marjaan is a member of **BITS and PIECES** , All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Flash Fiction, Remember When, Short stories - Spherical Scriptings, The Word Tree and WMG.
Below the branches of the date-palm / She stands / Leaning back against its slender trunk / Counting the stars / And recording their number / In her notebook. / When she died / I opened it, / And re…
Our faucet has been drippy ever since we bought the house, but my dad never bothered to fix it. I guess he figured that the drops would never accumulate fast enough to amount to much fresh water waste…
Mama climbed the rocky hill, lifting her skirt and balancing a small bundle atop her head. She stooped to catch her breath and called out to Fatimah to slow down. But my sister had already stopped. He…
The same large, white mug / with the pink stripe / and the triangle border near the rim. / Except that it’s filled with tea / now.