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Tariq leaned into him, eyes heavy with exhaustion and fear and something new, hope that had not fully died.

— Alesha Faraz, The Crossing
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The Crossing

by Alesha Faraz

Fiction · 177 pages

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Alesha Faraz
Alesha Faraz

Alesha Faraz is a Pakistani writer, youth advocate, and founder whose work centers on childhood, social development, and the ways communities endure rupture and rebuild meaning. Her writing is shap…

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