A love letter to love

{ and the many words for you that manifest in my world }

Jul 13 • 

Sumayya Usmani

2

June 2025

The Things We Let Others Take From Us

{ and why hindsight is a lesson is growth }

Jun 23 • 

Sumayya Usmani

8

May 2025

writing beyond borders

{ when political tensions rewrite your novel research }

May 8 • 

Sumayya Usmani

9

April 2025

being mocked by a bag of mince?

{ when you're more than just your cultural cuisine }

Apr 16 • 

Sumayya Usmani

12

2

the language I lost

{ and the understanding of it's inheritance of erasure }

Apr 5 • 

Sumayya Usmani

21

5

March 2025

a handful of free karela

{ and pricelessness of memories your grandmother wished upon you }

Mar 22 • 

Sumayya Usmani

13

2

moving on to field notes, by Sumayya x

{ spring time is time for a little change }

Mar 17 • 

Sumayya Usmani

6

2

February 2025

When the story finds you

{ on coming late to your calling }

Feb 14 • 

Sumayya Usmani

9

torn between two worlds

{ an essay about a scattered somewhere kind of belonging }

Feb 2 • 

Sumayya Usmani

8

2

December 2024

Gaining more by saying goodbye

{ when endings become doorways }

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Sumayya Usmani

10

1

Monsoon's drenched memories

bhegi yaadain: (v) / Urdu

Dec 7, 2024 • 

Sumayya Usmani

7

November 2024

Under changing skies

{ where I've always searched for more }

Nov 10, 2024 • 

Sumayya Usmani

6

2