Noor Zaki || The Finale: It Is What It Is….Part 2, Chapter 10
bySama And now here we are. Noor jumps out of the car, looking horrid in grey sweats and a crumpled t-shirt. “Homewrecker, how do…
Sama And now here we are. Noor jumps out of the car, looking horrid in grey sweats and a crumpled t-shirt. “Homewrecker, how do…
I could not let him go. After scouring the dating scene, I now know that opportunities like Rashed do not come often. Seducing him…
The following days are a blur. I send the kids to my parents in Saudi as I had neither the courage nor the bandwidth…
Rashed had agreed to a trial reconciliation, where although we would both continue to sleep in separate houses, we would spend all of our…
I arrive at Rashed’s house early. He’s not there. I walk over to the couch we had chosen together once upon a time on…
I can feel myself changing. At times I am hopeful, then there are days when I’m ready for a fight. I wear more leather…
I’ve made up my mind: an early dinner with Ghazi, followed by Chinese with my ex and the kids. This is going to be…
In five days I turn 40. I mouth the number to myself in front of the mirror, I cannot decide if I like it…
Weekends have always been a bit confusing for me, like most mothers, I cannot wait to send the kids off anywhere, but the minute…
Somewhere between fall and summer and fall again, Rashed and I had gone from husband and wife, to sparring divorcées, to almost (but not…
Every year, like the changing of the guard, all the kids at my children’s school are subjected to a “random” shuffle to ensure fairness…
Today, I was made senior partner and was presented with the opportunity to lead our operations in Doha. I will need to spend half…
I needed to teach Rashed a lesson. I remained warm, engaging, just ever so slightly more distant with him. He finally folds. He rushes…
My first date with Rashed is tonight. I wear tight jeans with the highest heels my feet can bear. I have never been one…
And Now Please Welcome The Ever So Lovely, Sama I look at my ashen reflection in the mirror of the hotel bathroom. Ma3’oul Sama, what on…
Once a year, the pretty people get dressed up to attend the annual charity gala. Everyone wants to be there, not everyone gets to…
There were no words to describe the rage I felt inside. Rashed was dating. Shoo bakrahoh. I stare at her pictures on my phone. One…
I mop up the spilled coffee. It is midnight and I am overcome with a violent urge to clean. That date had made me…
“You can’t buy our daughter’s love with shoes!” I was shouting at Rashed. He screams Noooor 7illi 3anni and hangs up. And now my ten-year-old son…
I was back from my trip and overall things were alright. I no longer felt the need to scream bloody murder at the sight…
And in every movie, it’s always the same. Girl is exposed to devastating tragedy, so she escapes hoping for a fresh start. She arrives…
Rashed and I had met at university in Boston. He was smart and funny, confident and wild. I was the studious brunette who came…