Hafsa Zulfiqar

Abecedarian on Inheritance

Anemia anger ahem Abuse
Bad breath big Boobs boy byes Bitches Burning
Calligraphy Curfews Caring Cursing
Debt diabetes dildos Dandiya
Eve earfections ew Enemosity
Foreignness fake feelings fat Foolishness
Gaane ghee (gates) guns gapes guests gods Gallows
Holy homesickness humsafars Hotness
Idioms ignorance izzat Ich Ich
Jealousy jerks Jouska jabs jackpots Jinns
Karma kebabs Kindness kisses Kafirs
Late latifs ludo laxatives Lament
Mud maar men Marks magnets maggots Mantras
Nests nets Neediness norms nawabs Navels
Obscurity Obeying Oddities
Procrastination Promises Pyaar
Quite quotes quirks qualms Qawali Qalandar
Racism rationing rot rain rape Ragdolls
Shame shams sacks scabs saris Sindhi Sehras
Tablets tablas tar tangarines Tsk Tsk
Uncagedness ulogies Ultrafasting
Vanity Vagrancy voice veils voids Vows
Wudu wallah weeping Waiting War Woes
Xanthin xenial xerosis Xerarch
Yearning yeux yelling yay yay yaars Yaadein
Zeal zulm zameer Zindagi Zulfiqar.

Biography

Hafsa Zulfiqar (she/her) is an international student from Pakistan, studying literature and psychology at Bennington College. Her work explores brown identity, dreams, language, liminality, and above all the notion of home; it can be found or is forthcoming in AAWW: The Margins, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, and Anti-Heroin Chic. Currently, she serves on the staff of Muzzle Magazine & Pollux Journal. You can find her on Twitter @vibingwithabook

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