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Muhammad Ali Bandial

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in Lahore, Pakistan

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Muhammad Ali Bandial's debut novel, 'I Dream of Rain', was featured at the Emirates Festival of Literature in 2023. He contributed to the anthology 'Home#ItsComplicated.
He worked for more than a decade in the Civil Services before switching to writing. He
divides his time between his home with his wife and daughter in London and his village in Khushab, Pakistan. ...more

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	I Dream of Rain: Sometimes the longest journey is the distance between two hearts 3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Chasing your dreams

Our brain is a funny animal.

It plays tricks on us all the time. And the way it gets that done most of the time is through the filing cabinet we keep in the basement of our head; memory. Experiences, skills, and even emotions that you were so sure you never had, inexplicably appear one day when you’re least expecting them, but there they are gathering dust.

As if they had been with you all the time. Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 23, 2022 10:34 • Tags: childhood, destiny, dreams, father, nostalgia

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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)

by Paul Auster

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Blue Sisters

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Erasure

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