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"After I return from school, I sell chickpeas."_x000D_ (Nathia Gali, Pakistan)

"Early from my childhood, I always wanted to have a guitar. But my parents wouldn't let me. They wanted me to become a doctor. It was only after I enrolled at the medical college, I got my first...

"When I was small, I used to go to a local school near my house. And then I was moved to a very big school. Everything was big there. Many students would be dropped off and picked up in cars. My...

What's your favorite thing about your sister?_x000D_ "Nothing. She fights with me all day."_x000D_ "And he hasn't taken a shower in 2 days."_x000D_ (Nathia Gali, Pakistan)

"Father had horses so I have always been around them. I always wanted to go on horse rides and would desparately wait for my him to take me. But I wanted my own horse so when I turned 14, I bought...

"My father always conversed in analogies. He used to say, "Son, if you cut two fingers the pain will be identical to one another." So you see, when I saw the images of the loss and destruction from...

"My father was a very clean man. He never let us wear slippers inside the house. If we were to come in, we had to wash our hands and feet, so as kids who played with dirt, it meant visiting the tap...

"A few years ago I was in love. But we broke up and I was left heart-broken. One year ago, I picked up a guitar and started playing. And the first song was a love song. I wrote it for her. My passion...

I have been in Pakistan for the last week talking to people and taking pictures. Apparently that is the only one thing I can do with my full heart and soul, regardless of where I am. So starting very...

"My son passed away way before his time. They say god loves the good. I had many dreams for him. I wanted him to become an educated person and I had big hopes in him. But that won't happen now. He...

What do you want to do when you grow up?_x000D_ "Many things." (Harnamadi, Makawanpur)

"Father cannot speak properly. When I was small, I couldn't understand what he was trying to say and I felt bad. I wished he could speak like other fathers. I would go close to him and try really...

"My wife has left me and the kids. I think she waited for the children to become of certain age so than they can take care of themselves. Now, I live with my two sons, both go to school. The eldest...

"He was ok. But he was wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit. He was publicly humiliated. Slowly his behavior changed and he started to talk to himself and would be lost in his own world. But...

"This is where I come to think. My thoughts come and go like the wind and sometimes I forget what I am thinking. Sometimes it is a distant memory, sometimes an incident that happenned and sometimes...

''Apparently, during the 1st/2nd grade I had problems in art class, meaning I couldn't draw inside the lines and the teacher told my parents that I was having difficulties drawing within the lines,...