There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories And Sharad finds it increasingly

And Sharad finds it increasingly difficult to connect with Hanif

and historical context

Ilyas was stolen from his parents on the coast of east Africa by German colonial troops

a Syrian immigrant who works in her neighborhood at his uncle’s convenience store

people are predictable and tedious

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