Stories by Sophia Naz

2016 Pushcart Prize nominee, Sophia Naz writes in both English and Urdu. Her work has featured in numerous literary journals. Recently published poetry collections are Peripheries, Pointillism and Date Palms. She is Poetry Editor and columnist at The Sunflower Collective, editor of City, a quarterly of South Asian Literature as well as the founder of rekhti.org, a site dedicated to contemporary poetry by women. Links to published works are at her site: www.trancelucence.net

CONTEMPORARY VOICES

Sophia Naz writes in both English and Urdu. Her work has been featured in several literary journals. Her recently... Published 29 Jul, 2018 07:31am

I might not have had a fulfilling life as a writer had a 'Muslim ban' been in place at the time

Many in positions similar and much worse than mine are seeing avenues to a better life close. Published 29 Jun, 2018 05:58pm

'My abba nurtured relationships the way a gardener would a seedling: with patience and nourishment'

If human beings are plants, our memories are our roots, the things that ground us, give us a sense of continuity. Updated 20 Jun, 2018 05:55pm

My mother was almost cast as Anarkali for Mughal-e-Azam. At home, she was violently abused by her husband

There were movie premieres with film stars like Dilip Kumar, but the glamorous mirage masked a terrible reality. Updated 28 Mar, 2019 04:45pm

How losing my home in a fire taught me to value what we have inherited and protect it for future generations

The fire burned my home to the ground. The history of a lifetime — books, paintings, photographs — all gone. Updated 13 Feb, 2018 09:54pm

'Roughly equal parts of my life have been spent in East and West. Do midpoints make one more reflective?'

“Midway upon the journey of my life. I found myself within a dark forest, For the straightforward path had been lost.” Updated 19 Jul, 2019 04:58pm