Tears came immediately, not because I had been anxiously waiting, but because I felt I had come closer to fulfilling my father’s dream.
— Azeez Ahmad Zai, Somewhere in between
“Time waits for everyone Grany and it is here after you killed that monster inside you – you are your own rescuer.”

“Later, when I sat at my desk again, the academic world returned, not like a burden placed back onto my shoulders, but like a reminder that growth is never one-directional.”
