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The time and place serve as reminders to me of incidents in my life, in the life of my country, on the horizon of the world.

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores
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On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores

by Dr. Maqbool Elahi

Poetry · 329 pages

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