Mahmoud Ahmed
Bio
I write stories inspired by real lives—voices often unheard, moments often ignored.
My words explore humanity, injustice, love, and the quiet pain behind ordinary streets..
“Step into lives you’ve never seen, and moments you’ve never felt.”
Stories (12)
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The Sand Between Our Fingers
The first time Noura stepped onto the desert, the wind smelled like sand and the Nile River far in the distance, mixed with plants and salt. She was just ten, small enough to hide behind her father’s clothes, but big enough to feel the sand under her feet. Siwa woke slowly, its walls turning gold in the morning light. Women drew water, children chased goats, and Noura’s father, Amir, guided her toward palm trees that leaned over the dunes like old men.
By Mahmoud Ahmed 6 days ago in Fiction
Under the Date Palm Moon
The first time the Nile spoke to Salma, she was thirteen and hiding from the sun. She had slipped away from her grandmother’s house in the village of Al-Qasr, where the walls were the color of baked clay and the afternoons stretched like tired animals. The August heat pressed down on everything: the palm trees, the rooftops, and the unspoken expectations that followed her like shadows. Salma tucked herself beneath the oldest date palm near the riverbank. Its trunk was split and scarred from a hundred seasons, and its leaves whispered secrets older than memory.
By Mahmoud Ahmed 6 days ago in Fiction
The Weight of Quiet Things
On the morning the river learned my name, the town was holding its breath. Mist wove through the willows along the banks, pale like unspun silk. The water moved slowly, as if it had nowhere else to be. I stood on the old footbridge, my hands in my pockets and the taste of pennies in my mouth, listening to the wood creak under my boots. Below me, the river flowed past, carrying leaves, secrets, and the faint ghosts of last night’s rain.
By Mahmoud Ahmed 6 days ago in Fiction
One Small Act Can Change the World: How Everyday Kindness Creates Ripples of Hope
One Small Act Can Change the World: How Everyday Kindness Creates Ripples of Hope You don’t need to be a hero or do something huge—every kind word, patient moment, and thoughtful action matters more than you think
By Mahmoud Ahmed 9 days ago in Serve
Family Ties
Family Ties How Everyday Moments and Unseen Bonds Shape Who We Are Family ties are the quiet threads that hold our lives together long before we realize how much we rely on them. They form in ordinary moments—shared meals, inside jokes, and disagreements that end in forgiveness. Yet, they carry extraordinary strength. When life feels uncertain, those ties often become the anchor that steadies us.
By Mahmoud Ahmed 9 days ago in Families
Ambition That Serves, Not Shouts
Ambition That Serves, Not Shouts Not the Ambition to Be Seen, but the Ambition to Become For many, ambition suggests endless striving, sleepless nights, and success measured only by titles or income. It can feel loud and demanding, pushing others aside in the race to be first.
By Mahmoud Ahmed 9 days ago in Motivation
The Small Door at the End of the Street
The Small Door at the End of the Street A Child’s Dream, Written in Blood and Hope. Every night, I would go for a short walk, leaving for half an hour and then returning. On my way, I would see a girl who was no more than seven years old. She was chasing butterflies around one of the lights hanging on the fence of a house. Her appearance and clothes caught my attention. She was wearing a torn dress and no shoes. She had long hair and green eyes.
By Mahmoud Ahmed 9 days ago in Humans
