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Story Of The Month - March, 2022

Circle of Life! by Hafsa Mubarik - Pakistan

The shop was his second home. He grew up watching his father playing with the scissors and cutting the most perfect pieces from the scrapes of clothes. Daily he would hold his father's finger and come to the shop. It was never quiet in here. With every customer came a long list of queries. Bickering, negotiations, snipping of scissors, chaos was a norm. And Eid was the most exciting period of the year. Laces, buttons, threads and beads would be scattered everywhere. The workers would work till late at night. As a kid this fascinated him a lot. Ibrahim inherited this passion of cloth making from his father. The duty of the teenager Ibrahim was to manage the accounts and make sure finances were steady. His study till matriculation was finally coming in handy. With time his father transferred his knowledge and experience to him and the day came when he handed over the shop to him...

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