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Hafeez Lakhani

Biography

Hafeez Lakhani

Hafeez Lakhani was born in Hyderabad, India, and raised in suburban South Florida. His fiction and essays have appeared in Crazyhorse, Exposition Review, Salt Hill Journal, Tikkun, The Cortland Review and The Southern Review, among other publications. He has received fellowships from PEN America and the Center for Fiction, has been recognized twice with a Notable Essay in Best American Essays, and has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize.

Hafeez Lakhani

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by Hafeez Lakhani - Fiction

In suburban Miami, 60-year-old Sakeena --- co-owner of a Dunkin' franchise along with her husband, Ramzan --- has nine months to live unless she consents to an organ transplant. Thirty years ago, at Ramzan's behest, she left her beloved Rawalpindi, India, for the United States. In the years that followed, she compromised her belief in naseeb, the Muslim notion of destiny, and acquiesced to fertility treatments. This time, she is adamant that she should live as intended --- without medical intervention. As her health deteriorates, Ramzan desperately seeks to reunite their grown children with the hope of convincing Sakeena to extend her life. But there are complications. If they have any hope of saving their mother's life, Fareen and Adnan must take extraordinary action to wrestle with their life choices.