A story of Prohibited love, of terrorism and war, and the raw lives of a war-stricken land and its people. Tamina, a 19-year-old girl, survives a turbulent time, and meets a soldier named Jacob, from a land which she had never heard of. Despite being different from each other in all aspects, they find love amidst the war between her country and the budding terrorist organisation, the 'Sharias'. The story depicts her journey into adulthood, her land's unstable future in the hands of foreigners, of the terrorist organisation 'the Sharias' and her love that has been nipped by the cruelty of war and invasion by the foreigners as well as the 'Sharias'. A fiction written without a veil or extension, 'Under the merciless sun' is the raw depiction of those people and lands threatened by war, of foreign invasion and terrorism.

Under the merciless sun

Nasith prepared the lunch in two tiffins for her husband Hussain and her son, Yusuf. 


‘ Yusuf, are you ready? It’s time to go to school.’ Nasith yelled from the kitchen. 


‘Yes ummi, almost.’ Yusuf said from the other room. 


‘Let’s go! It is almost eight.’ Hussain joined their conversation. 


‘ Wait!’ Nasith ran from the kitchen to Yusuf’s room. 


‘Let me see my son’. Nasith said looking at Yusuf who was combing his hair. Through the mirror, Yusuf saw his mother looking at him adoringly. He gave a wide smile at her. Hussain was looking at both of them with a proud and a happy face. 


‘You look so handsome. Oh god, don’t let other girl’s jealous eyes fell on my son.’ Nasith said loudly, teasing Yusuf. 


Chapter 20