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Aymen Rani

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Forgetting my mother tongue

Forgetting My First Language When I speak Cantonese with my parents now, I rely on translation apps. For many children of immigrants, to “succeed” in America, we must adopt a new language in place of our first—the one our parents speak best—without fully considering the strain it places on our relationships for the rest of our lives.Illustration by Jo Zixuan Zhou No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my first language. It doesn’t feel like the sudden, sharp pain of losing someone you love, but rather a dull ache that builds slow...

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Thank You for that

I dedicate this story to my partner and to everyone who has carried or is carrying the burden of grief. Sitting by the bed, holding my hand, you think my mind is fighting against the decision of my body to quit life’s game. My eyes are closed, but I sense your will through the fingers laced tightly around my own. Tenderness is a force and you stake my claim to life through the insistent pressure of your hand. How it has grown over these long years from its immaculate small perfection to this manifestation of adult capability: greeting stran...

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A brilliant Scientist

Weekly Contest #174

The man who regarded as the “father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb” was, Dr. Abdul Qadeer khan a famous Pakistani nuclear scientist and a metallurgical engineer. Dr. A.Q khan was hailed as a national hero for transforming his country in to world’s first Islamic nuclear power. But elsewhere he was remembered as a dangerous proponent of nuclear proliferation. He is widely regarded as the founder of gas centrifuge enrichment technology for Pakistan’s nuclear deterrent program. As its “father” A.Q khan, who headed Pakistan’s nuclear program for some...

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