Have you ever had a bully? Have you ever bullied someone? Have you ever gotten revenge on your bullies?

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READ 📖 CHAPTER 6: SCHOOL BALLS

LISTEN 🎤 S1EP06. THE TAKEOVER with Omar Shaker 🇪🇬

REFLECT 🧐 HELLO REJECTION | Writer’s Commentary

📖 CHAPTER 6 : SCHOOL BALLS

Maskat has to choose at school whether to give in to the bullies or offer his lunch to his love interest, Laila. His choices leave him in a particularly painful and shameful situation.

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Chapter 6. School Balls

The school’s iconic gate seemed to be protected by greek temple-like columns, on top of which unmistakable blue paint announced: “STONE TOWN ACADEMY P.O. BOX 152 LAMU”. Above the big blue letters, was an arabesque balcony where a few girls in their colorful scarves …

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🎤 S1Ep06. The Takeover with Omar Shaker 🇪🇬

In this episode we talk about:

• The origin story of Maskat’s bullying experience

• How Omar reclaimed power after an experience with his own bully

• We introduce the topic of revenge and its purpose when it comes to bullies

Looking back whether you were bullied, or were a bully, how have you processed these experiences years later?

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Part II

🧐 Writer’s Commentary | Hello Rejection, My Old Friend

A whole herd of gremlins, trolls, monkeys, and tiny fuzzy purple monsters filled the room and started stepping on my toes and bumping into my back as I tried to stay still. I took a few more deep breaths trying anxiously to remain calm. That’s when I looked to my left towards the darkest corner of the room, and my eyes locked with two large bloody red eyes staring right back. It had two large shadows of what seemed to be gigantic bat ears. 

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Hello Rejection, My Old Friend

Rejection is purely monstrous. Its big sharp teeth cut straight through the heart. As I grew older and stronger, I started fighting that beast back. It only got bloodier. My attention to the beast of rejection made it even bolder, and the war I waged against it, only made it louder and exponentially more viscous…

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