Al-Benladin Hadji Usop

The story tells of the difficult life of two siblings, Azali Azirun, who share a school uniform every day and often come home early and arrive late to school, which has caught the attention of Teacher Marzuki. Yun and Zali are two orphaned children who lost their father and live together with their mother in poverty. Zali is a somewhat mischievous and clever student, but is frequently caned for arriving late to school because he helps his mother sell nasi lemak around town. Eventually, after the disciplinary teacher follows his brother, Yun runs to give the school uniform he is wearing to his younger brother Zali at school. The teacher feels sympathetic upon hearing of all the hardships they have endured following their father's death in a fire.

Su Kinadsusumpat nu Bagi (The Entwinement of Fate) follows siblings Aisha and Ali as they navigate grief and survival within their Moro community after the death of their parents. The only inheritance left behind is their father’s small tinagtag business—a Maguindanaon delicacy that becomes both their livelihood and their last connection to home. Determined to preserve her father’s legacy, Aisha continues making and selling tinagtag. But as a young lady forced to take her mother’s roles, the burden of keeping the business alive slowly wears on her. Meanwhile, Ali struggles with the weight of their circumstances. Torn between keeping his father’s memoir and moving forward with his dreams, he began to question whether holding onto tradition is worth the cost. As circumstances deepen, the siblings are forced to confront the grief they have long avoided, the fractures within their identity, and the fragile bond that continues to entwine them together.