Hi there, I’m Zahrah

Avid reader and writer with an interest in all the things that make the world go round

moments before tragedy

the grease seeps through the “lined” cardboard box, the half-eaten burger within long forgotten, now cold, the cheese shiny and hard, as though it had never been melted. my phone

7 June 2025 · 2 min · 401 words

trad-wife trudgery

The Times article detailing the life of Hannah Neeleman, the woman the internet fondly knows as Ballerina Farm, has stirred up a lot. A lot of feminists proven right about

26 July 2024 · 4 min · 686 words

Den Haag, Vredespaleis

A glimpse of grey. A flash of red. A breath so cold it reminds you of how painful it is to be alive. The ‘Peace Palace’ as it’s so aptly

20 February 2024 · 3 min · 528 words

the taste is bitter but the feeling is worse

the smell of death the stench leaching from every corner masked faintly by camphor and the memory of rose petals white cloths stacked to the heavens 30 000 and counting

18 February 2024 · 1 min · 42 words

sticky

The incessant buzzing of the brightly lit grocery store lights makes it difficult to choose the packet of avocados that I’ll need for tonight. A dinner party. Why do I

13 January 2023 · 4 min · 699 words

“i’m not like other girls”: How Women Promote Misogyny

What is Misogyny? Derived from the Greek word “mīsoguníā” it can be explained as a hatred toward women. This takes many forms such as gender discrimination, sexual harassment, male privilege,

2 November 2022 · 7 min · 1497 words

grandma

made a chicken and veg curry today, it smelled just like my grandmother's i imagined we were about to sit down to lunch with freshly rolled rotis and she'd push

10 October 2022 · 1 min · 73 words

5:26am

the breeze is gentle as it wafts through the avocado tree, carrying with it a scent that promises rain the tree towers over the house, roots thicker than my arm

22 September 2022 · 1 min · 132 words

You go back in time to your favourite memory

The air carried the scent of burning metal as small zaps of electricity lit the dark room with frantic succession. Could I have really found the last piece? My wondering

11 June 2022 · 4 min · 811 words