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Misbaah Sheikhh

@misbahsheikhh

articles: 9
total claps: 4,010
top claps: 826
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paywalled: 9
active: 2026-05-10 → 2026-07-14

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

The Lights Are Back On at The Hub Publication

A letter to my friends, writers, readers, and to the platform that surprised me quicker than I ever imagined it would

May 10, 2026 · 4 min read · 826 claps paywalled #writing #medium-partner-program #editor

The Lights Are Back On at The Hub Publication

MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

I Spent Four Years Thinking My Body Was Failing Me. I Was Just Missing One Detail.

What I discovered after four years of unexplained weight gain, living with PCOS and hypothyroidism

Jun 11, 2026 · 5 min read · 804 claps paywalled #health #chronic-illness #thyroid

I Spent Four Years Thinking My Body Was Failing Me. I Was Just Missing One Detail.

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

Drenched in Blue

Blues, everywhere, just blues…

Jul 02, 2026 · 1 min read · 746 claps paywalled #poetry #menatl-health #writing

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

The Graveyard at the Back of Your Heart

How to forgive yourself for leaving yourself

Jun 18, 2026 · 1 min read · 526 claps paywalled #poetry #mental-health #self-love

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

We Who Bleed the Line

A Pakistani woman speaks for Kashmiris on both sides

Jun 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 379 claps paywalled #kashmir #human-rights #nonfiction

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

I Was Holy Before I Was Useful

When love becomes labor

May 25, 2026 · 3 min read · 336 claps paywalled #mysticism #mental-health #healing

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

Police Ran the World’s Largest Child Abuse Site for 11 Months. Its Creator Had No Regrets.

Task Force Argos saved hundreds of children. They also kept real abuse material in circulation to do it. I don’t think both things can be…

Jul 11, 2026 · 6 min read · 206 claps paywalled #nonfiction #true-crime #darkweb

Police Ran the World’s Largest Child Abuse Site for 11 Months. Its Creator Had No Regrets.

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · The Hub Publication

You Can’t Arrest a System With No Center

How decentralization helped The Pirate Bay survive raids, trials, and prison sentences for more than two decades.

Jul 14, 2026 · 10 min read · 107 claps paywalled #technology #computer-science #internet

You Can’t Arrest a System With No Center

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MI Misbaah Sheikhh · Namaste Now!

The Questions I Couldn’t Dodge

Interrogation of the Self

Jul 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 80 claps paywalled #self-reflection #personal-essay #life