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If I had two lives, I would live one as a cheater and the other as a teacher , Living them both concurrently, Yet still entwining them seamlessly. As a cheater, I'd rob myself of the time I'd spend with family and friends in the name of solitude . And I'd strive to have this quiet life that I'd wish to call happy, Only to come back without one and still be unhappy. I'd go back to school and steal back good grades just to look cool, Only to return degraded and still not looking cool. I'd try to climb altitudes without an ounce of gratitude, Only to come back burnt out and with an attitude. But then as a teacher I'd say— To myself I'd say: To live a life is to live a full one. To live a full life is to know you have only one. To enjoy a life is to share it with someone. But what if I didn't have one? What if I was only living someone else's? What if I robbed myself of the only one? What if I was blinded by only bits of it? Aging as a cheater, I...

As I read, so I shall write. The written word has indeed thrived over the centuries. An art that gave the few who harnessed it ranks over men of their nations, from Socrates, to Shakespeare to J.K Rowling, the list is endless. This is indeed one of the most reliable mediums our forefathers have been able to communicate with us. Giving you the feeling of the presence in their past, long gone moments. What other conceivable way have we to make use of that is suitable,...for every edge?  This brings us to this part for as I listen, I shall grasp . Call it oral culture. To date, some societies have clung to this and have nevertheless thrived equally, or even profoundly more than others. Word for word, books like the Quran have been passed down over to generations through a period of more than 1400 years. Earlier, the process of memorizing involved off-head recitation, then later encoded and compiled into the text from which most Muslims of today now pick it. This is one b...