At the moment, a virus which doesn’t distinguish Muslims or Hindus has provided me with the cover I need.
The world doesn’t stop spinning for personal tragedy.
Huma Sheikh was born and raised in the war-torn territory of Kashmir. She then came to the United States, where she received multiple degrees in Asia-Pacific Leadership, Creative Writing, English Literature, and Journalism and Communication Studies. She has taught writing and literature classes at Florida State University, University of South Dakota, Texas A&M University, and Long Island University (Brooklyn). Sheikh's currently pursuing her PhD at Florida State University. Her work has appeared in Consequence Magazine, Arrowsmith Journal, Solstice Literary Magazine, Commonline Journal, East West Center, Gravel, Cargo Literary Journal, The New Writers Series Anthology, Poetry from Texas, Downtown Brooklyn, and others.