The Sacred Desert

By Soha Ahmed

As I think of home, I sigh

All alone in this desert of dry

My eyes are swollen from the sight

I decide that a rest will be right

 

Collection of short stories and poems by Soha Ahmed

• Language: English
• Publisher: Soha Ahmed
• Release date: Nov 22, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393940937

Soha Ahmed

Soha, is an eight years old young writer, who loves to read, read, read and write. She lives in beautiful Gold Coast and goes to Coombabah State Primary School at year 3. She loves her family, friends and neighbours. She loves to see everyone is happy and everyone doing great things.She was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and when she was 4 years old, she moved to Australia with her parents. She loves travelling. She had her first overseas travel when she was 8 months old and since then she travelled 14 countries so far and her aim is to travel all countries of this world and few planets! She also loves drawing and painting and playing cricket. Sometimes she helps her mom in cooking and baking too and she just loves it – specially baking cakes!What makes her sad is that many children of her age don’t get access to education, food or basic needs. She is concerned about global warming too – so she is thinking to do something about it.Her hobby is collecting books, lots of books! She pride herself as a bookworm!

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Soha, is an eight years old young writer, who loves to read, read, read and write. She lives in beautiful Gold Coast and goes to Coombabah State Primary School at year 3. She loves her family, friends and neighbours. She loves to see everyone is happy and everyone doing great things.

She was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and when she was 4 years old, she moved to Australia with her parents. She loves travelling. She had her first overseas travel when she was 8 months old and since then she travelled 14 countries so far and her aim is to travel all countries of this world and few planets! She also loves drawing and painting and playing cricket. Sometimes she helps her mom in cooking and baking too and she just loves it – specially baking cakes!

Her hobby is collecting books, lots of books! She prides herself as a bookworm!

This book is dedicated to my parents

Contents

GALAXY STAR     4

Chendgu and Second Moon   10

Bullies are losers     15

Wings of Fire      18

Thaliah the turtle     25

A terrible Christmas Eve    28

Rose the Cleaning fairy    37

Happy Autumn      52

Beach is the Best     53

The Sparking Ocean     57

The Sacred Desert      59

1

Galaxy Star

AS I NERVOUSLY SHOOK with excitement and I told Katherine Johnson if the calculations where right. She nodded her head. I could not wait to see the sight of our galaxy! I ran to rocket