Nigar Alam was born in Karachi, Pakistan, but grew up in Italy, Kenya, Turkey and several other countries. She hopes to bring all these experiences together in her writing. She is a teacher and a student and currently lives in Minnesota with her husband and two children.
I sighed, and with the breath I released, I also let go of a tentative trickle from between my legs. It didn’t take long to lose one’s dignity, I thought.