Waiting; a Girl Who Is neither Here nor There

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Islamuddin Jurat It is six in the morning. In Taj Abad, a migrant neighborhood in Peshawar, the call to prayer is heard. Fifteen-year-old Hamsa opens her eyes but does not move. Beside her, her white school uniform hangs on a wall shelf; not to be worn, but to be kept. She looks at it every night before bed and every morning. It has become a habit for her; a ritual that keeps meaning alive. Her father sits in the small space of the house, drinki…