The Red Light of Hope

Anas Baqi The cir­cu­lar red light in front of me sud­den­ly came to life, sig­nal­ing to speed­ing dri­vers that they must stop. With­in sec­onds the vehi­cles on the road halt­ed, mine being the third from the front in the mid­dle col­umn. As the bright sun glared through our win­dows many dri­vers pulled down their sun­shades. […]