a young muslim’s journal of art and literature
Editor in Chief: Hana Memon Managing Editor: Ashhad Siddiqui Photography Lead: Safah Majid Art Lead: Afraah Shaikh Fiction Lead: Rayan Essafi Poetry Lead: Ahmed Ali Outreach Lead: Maya Alkiyal | Ibraheem Nashif Design: Hana Patel (lead) Anum Ahmad Usman Anwar Safa Chaudhri Amir McCormick Hamza Nagarwala Adil Syed Mustafa Wasti Faculty Advisors: Correne Khan • Omneya Said Photography Board
Art Board
Fiction Board
Poetry Board
Madina Alam Usman Anwar Arafat Ayub Safa Chaudhri Amaan Majid Wahaj Qureshi Hafsa Rahman Yasmeen Sakr
Anum Ahmad Ziad Mohamed Aminah Mubin Safa Shaikh
Simra Arshad Yahyaa Khan Mariam Latif Aliya Murad Fawaz Syed
Sharia Ajmal Yusuf Chak Ayesha Chaudhry Sameen Farooki Humza Nadeem Hamza Nagarwala Areej Qamar Marwah Shaikh
Cover Photo by Hana Iqbal
The editorial staff of Ibra would like to thank Ms. Tammy Elmansoury, Ms. Fayruz Nashef, Ms. Inshirah Abdul-Aziz, Ms. Oxmara Mohamed, Ms. Fatima Masood, and Ms. Janet Nazif for their enduring support of this publication; our English teachers for sharing with us their enthusiasm for the craft of literature; and our parents for nurturing all of our creative endeavors. Copyright © 2019 The written and visual contents of Ibra: A Young Muslim’s Journal of Art and Literature are protected by copyright. Excepting translations, third parties (persons other than the original Author) may not reproduce work published in Ibra: A Young Muslim’s Journal of Art and Literature without first obtaining written permission from the author. Under all circumstances the Author retains rights to reprint, publish, license and/or sell their work.
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