“Living in this city, you developed a certain relationship with violence and news of violence: you expected it, dreaded it, and then when it happened, you worked hard to look away from it, because there was nothing you could do… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“Once you tell somebody a story, you are all in the same world and you can all speak to each other about the same… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“These stories, I realized, were lost. Nobody was going to know that part of the city but as a place where a bomb went… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“True Stories are fragments. Anything longer is a lie, a fabrication” — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“You just gave her an angry glance in return. It was the kind of glance that children give their parents when they know exactly… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“Reasons were invented, and stories were reasons that allowed us to connect ourselves to the world, to compose ourselves in ways that others could… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“Now, standing here, it is clear as day: more than anything else, you want to find words for what you feel and think and… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“Living in this city, you developed a certain relationship with violence and news of violence: you expected it, dreaded it, and then when it… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
“The sea, you see, feels good for only a few days, but then it starts suffocating you. You first escape to the sea to… — Bilal Tanweer Copy Share Image
