About Me

A sanctuary for readers

There is a specific kind of magic found in the space between reality and the written word—a veil we lift every time we open a book. The Longing Veil is a sanctuary for the curious, the wandering, and the beautifully melancholic.

About your host

I’m Hina Abbasi. My life is a tapestry of contrasts: by day, I navigate the structured worlds of law and management, but my heart has always belonged to the storytellers. I have traveled to 36 countries, yet I’ve found that the most profound journeys happen in the quiet moments between chapters.

Whether I am at home with my four fur babies or halfway across the globe, I find my true north in the pages of a book. For me, reading is not just a hobby—it is the soul’s way of traveling through time.

Our literary labyrinth

We don’t shy away from the heavy, the strange, or the profound. We gather to unravel the existential puzzles of Kafka, the biting wit of Stephen Fry, and the sweeping, windswept dramas of Brontë, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky. We treat political history like a secret waiting to be told and Shakespeare like a mirror held up to our own lives.

The invitation

At The Longing Veil, we believe that every book is a secret waiting to be whispered. We are here to lift the veil, to debate the nature of existence, and to find beauty in the tragic. Pull up a chair, leave your cynicism at the door, and let’s get lost in the pages together.