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This reads as a reversal of fear. Darkness here is not presented as the end point, but as a place of becoming, where loss and uncertainty can still contain the start of a story. It can land when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed, and needs to hear that being in a hard place does not mean the story is finished.
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About Kamand Kojouri
writer, poet, and academic
Kamand Kojouri is a writer, poet, and academic, and a fellow of the Emirates Literature Foundation. She is known for her poetry and prose, and for two poetry collections, The Eternal Dance and God, Does Humanity Exist? Her poems and short stories have appeared in anthologies and been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her work has also been featured in El País, The Irish Times, and BBC Persian Television. Her poem “Let My Silence Grow” was later adapted into a chorale composition by Zachary J. Moore and performed internationally, including by the Luther College Nordic Choir.
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