The first workshop

Yesterday was our first writing workshop. We were five - Emile, Iman, Lamis, Rana and me - sitting around two tables joined together in the multi-purpose room that adjoins the theater, with the curtains drawn just a breadth because the late afternoon light was so strong. I sat facing that narrow sliver of sun, listening to remarkable writers whose words and truths are so close to the surface, they came straight and fast onto the page.  
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Rana
Lamis
Iman
Emile