Raazia Sajid

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2021

Stories (2)

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“Homeless” by Raazia Sajid

Submitted to Contest #98

Our motorbike was stolen last week, one and a half days after we bought it, right out of our locked compound. It was our first mode of transport in this country, and we were super excited. Didn’t even have time to insure it. Should we have done it the same day? Probably. But then you usually think you'll have at least a week. We've had a lot of stuff happen to us in the last five years, also known as The Trial Years. I suppose if you looked into our life from the outside you might say we have some pretty rotten luck. At my first job, for w...

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“Therapy” by Raazia Sajid

Submitted to Contest #85

At the four-way intersection I narrowly dodge a Tiba 2, who narrowly dodges a Pride. Both their traffic lights are green. You’d think this would qualify as a near death experience, especially considering the roads are slick with Aban rain. But really, this is just another Tuesday in Tehran. Welcome to the city of contrasts: where immodest dressing is punishable by law and yet the level of PDA is surprisingly high. Where people drive like maniacs then pull over at the Wall of Kindness to leave spare clothes for strangers. Zahra is early; no...

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Author bio

I'm a business owner by necessity. An artist by enthusiasm (though unfortunately not by talent). A loved wife. Not a mother. An almost-MA-graduate. All homes are temporary. Country-less, culture-less, mothertongue-less. I'm a reader first, writer second.