“Pakistan Ka Matlab Kiya?” Omar hollered at the top of his lungs, while waving Pakistan’s flag.
“La Ilaha Illa Allah!” shouted Ali.
“Why are you both yelling?” Samrah Apa was annoyed as she needed peace and quiet for her Zoom class. Omar and Ali were too excited to listen. They both kept waving their flags and chanting slogans, running all around the house.
Samrah Apa furiously marched into the kitchen to complain to Mom: “Mom, I have to complete an assignment and we are having an important Zoom meeting. Can you, please, tell the two of them to keep it down?”
“What is the topic of your assignment?” Mom asked, casually.
“Muhammad bin Qasim! We are researching how Islam came to the subcontinent.”
“What a motivating hero,” replied Dadi, who had actually witnessed the migration at the time of Pakistan’s independence. “Call the boys and I will tell them an interesting story.
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