Salah Uddin
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Passionate storyteller exploring the depth of human emotions, real-life reflections, and vivid imagination. Through thought-provoking narratives and relatable themes, I aim to connect, inspire, and spark conversation.
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The Phone Call that Should’ve Been You
The phone rang at 2:17 a.m.—that strange hour when the world feels hollow, when silence becomes heavier than sound. I wasn’t asleep. I hadn’t really slept in weeks. My body lay in bed, but my mind lived somewhere between memory and hope, in that fragile space where you still believe someone you lost might suddenly return.
By Salah Uddinabout a month ago in Humans
The Silent Battles People Fight Every Day
Every day, people walk past us carrying stories we may never hear—stories of quiet struggles, hidden heartbreaks, and battles fought behind calm smiles. These battles don’t come with loud announcements or visible scars. They hide in the pauses of a conversation, in the heaviness of someone’s eyes, or in the way a person forces a laugh a second too late. And yet, these silent battles shape lives more than we ever realize.
By Salah Uddin2 months ago in Psyche
What actually happens when you eat garlic?
Garlic is one of those ancient ingredients that seems to live two lives at the same time. In the kitchen, it is a superstar of taste—savory, rich, and powerful enough to transform a simple dish into something unforgettable. But in the body, garlic becomes something else: part medicine, part protector, part mystery. People across history swore by it, from ancient healers in Egypt and Greece to modern nutrition experts. But what is really going on inside you when you eat garlic?
By Salah Uddin2 months ago in Lifehack
Life Lessons in your 20s, 30s, and 40s:
What Time Teaches Us that Youth Never Could: Every decade of life teaches you something you couldn’t have understood before—not because you weren’t smart enough, but because some lessons require time, pressure, and a little bit of bruising. Your 20s, 30s, and 40s shape you in drastically different ways, and looking back, you often realize you weren’t becoming someone new—you were uncovering the person you were meant to be.
By Salah Uddin2 months ago in Education
The Apartment Above
James Lockwood had lived in the old building for three months before the footsteps began. At first, he thought nothing of it. The wooden floors creaked, the radiators hissed, and the pipes clanged whenever the heat came on. It was an old place, and old places had a way of whispering through the night.
By Salah Uddin5 months ago in Horror
The Dust of Kabul: the USSR-Afghan War (1979–1989)
The year was 1984, and the war had already stolen too much. In a small village near the outskirts of Kabul, Aarif, a 16-year-old boy, sat on the roof of his mud-brick house, watching helicopters draw dark shapes across the sky. His village had once been a quiet place of laughter, bazaars, and old men telling stories under mulberry trees. But now, it was a place of whispers and prayers — and graves.
By Salah Uddin5 months ago in History
Rain Drop No. 27
In the year 2179, the skies no longer roared with thunder or glimmered with lightning. Rain was no longer born from clouds, but manufactured from sky stations orbiting Earth. Every droplet was cataloged, tagged, and programmed to fall precisely where and when it was needed. Crops grew on schedule. Cities stayed clean. Nature obeyed the human hand.
By Salah Uddin6 months ago in Fiction
The Siege of Bursa
Orhan Ghazi (c. 1281–1362) was the second ruler of the Ottoman Beylik and the son of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman dynasty. Taking power after his father’s death, Orhan transformed the Ottomans from a small tribal principality into an emerging regional power. His most notable achievement was the capture of Bursa in 1326, which he made the first true capital of the Ottoman state. Known for his leadership, administrative reforms, and tolerance toward conquered peoples, Orhan laid the groundwork for the future empire. He was both a warrior and a statesman—respected for his justice, strategic mind, and vision.
By Salah Uddin6 months ago in History
Letters from the Empire
Prologue: The Ottoman Empire—spanning over six centuries, three continents, and countless souls—was not merely built on conquest or sultans’ decrees. It lived in the hands that planted its gardens, sailed its ships, marched in its armies, and whispered secrets in its palaces. These are the letters they left behind.
By Salah Uddin6 months ago in History
