The Veil by Moniza Alvi

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Across
  1. 2. / The use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities.
  2. 4. / A piece of fine material worn by women to protect or conceal the face.
  3. 6. / The direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north.
  4. 8. / We thought we knew the sky spead out above us but now it too is veiled.
  5. 9. / The direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a person facing north.
  6. 10. / Humans fight to get it.
Down
  1. 1. / Behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
  2. 3. / A folklore genre consisting of narratives that are ostensibly historical, though often supernatural, explaining the origins of a cultural practice or natural phenomenon.
  3. 5. / Phonecian Princess raped by the form of a bull.
  4. 7. / Where Moniza Alvi was born.