Libre Magazine

White

August 31, 2008 | Published in Short Stories, Tahera Express

I look at her, and think. I have been sitting here for over an hour. She hasn’t looked up once. She hasn’t acknowledged my presence. She doesn’t recognize me. She can’t. It is not easy to come to terms with. That real is not real for her anymore; that my world is not hers anymore; that [...]

Who Cares!!

Written by Marwa Nasser

August 31, 2008 | Published in Ramblings

-Now, tell me why did you starve yourself to death? (He settled back in his chair) - I didn’t. - Yes you did. - I didn’t mean to. - You mean.. you did not plan it ? - I didn’t. I just couldn’t eat. -Why? - I just couldn’t bring myself to eat. -Why? - (she stressed every word) I had no pleasure [...]

Pain of Life

Written by Hazan Ozgul

August 31, 2008 | Published in Ramblings

Is it possible to remember a whole past by just a name? Can just a word accelerate the heartbeats out of nothing? Can’t the time heal all the wounds? If so, how much time do we need to recover totally? Or there is no cure at all?! How can one remember each and every detail [...]

Solitary Confinement

Written by Sana Saleem

August 28, 2008 | Published in Poems

In days and time when I can really think , I find myself sulking for new horizons There is hope ,solidarity and the tingling enigma of a patriot Then comes a place in time where the parent of enthusiasm is perpetual hope. I see reflections staring back at tangled theologies. The urgency within me , the craving [...]

Long Castling: The Meaning of the Title

Written by Tom Hashimoto

August 28, 2008 | Published in Long Castling

It was a few days ago when I was offered the authorship for the fifth Libre column. The fifth column covers security issues and political strategies, which became a core of the international media due to the Russo-Georgian conflict. Then, I chose “Long Castling” as the title of the fifth column. “Castling” is a unique movement [...]

Beautiful Stranger

Written by Marwa Nasser

August 28, 2008 | Published in Ramblings

I was waiting for some friends to have lunch together in a little nice restaurant. They called and said they would be late, so I had enough time to do..nothing. I kept checking the menu and checking the people from time to time. The place was not crowded but yet full of life. I looked [...]

Lost Letter

Written by Hazan Ozgul

August 28, 2008 | Published in Short Stories

She wrote the last sentence of her letter and looked at her neat handwriting on the white sheet. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath and set the paper free out of her hands and watched its flying like a white delicate butterfly. She knew it would never reach him. At that moment she [...]

Letters of a Postman

Written by Amir Saleem

August 18, 2008 | Published in Poems

A postman Defeated a million times by the days of his own life Wrapping a stinky coat around his aging shoulders Sitting in a tired, melancholic post office Is thinking One can never forget the soft touch of someone’s hands Its been decades I used to write to her Sitting at the corner of a shiny night In that hazy glitter of a pointed [...]

Road Infrastructure and Economic Development

Written by Ali Sohail

August 16, 2008 | Published in Columns, Economic Wheel

Road Infrastructure and Economic Development

The relationship between the Haves and Have not’s Traditional evidence based on macro economic data draws an inflated positive relationship between investment in road transport infrastructure and economic development. Recent studies based on the developed world moderate this impact by exemplifying that a rise in infrastructure investments by 3-4% percentage points of GDP reduces poverty by [...]

Snowflake

Written by Hazan Ozgul

August 16, 2008 | Published in Short Stories

First snowflake of the year. She focused her looks on the calendar to confirm the date once more - - 3rd of February - - her birthday. She woke up earlier today although it was weekend. She opened the curtains to a white world and started to watch the snow even without blinking her eyes. [...]