Category: Non-Fiction
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Book Review: Utopia
As the world we live in crumbles in anticipation of a third World War, unprecedented economic deterioration, and multiple genocides, the media shows a different reality – from Red Carpet events to celebrity culture. Meanwhile, the real issues at stake spiral into endless doomscrolling. The reality we live in today echoes Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger…
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سأقتلع عيني يا أبي
لقد فَقَدَتْ عيناي القدرة على التأثر والانفعال. صارت تمر بأحداث ومشاهدات، فيها ما فيها من القتل والعنف والدم والسلخ والجلد والتقطيع والتقطيب، ورغم ذلك، لا تومئ فيها ولا تتأثر ولا يرف لها جفن. لقد ظن من حولي أنني من النوع المقدام، فردوا ذلك إلى قيم الشجاعة وقوة القلب، وتهامسوا عني أن ذاك ”قلبه ميت”، وغيرهم…
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Book Review: Orhan’s Inheritance
Originally published in 2015, Aline Ohanesian’s debut novel, ‘Orhan’s Inheritance,’ is a beautiful and emotional historical fiction about the Armenian Genocide. While not recognized by many, the Armenian Genocide, facilitated by the Ottomon Empire in an attempt to expel Armenians from the Ottomon Empire after World War One, resulted in the killing of approximately 1…
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في انتظار كتابتك
.أكتب الآن، لأن ليس بوسعي فعل أي شيء غير الكتابة ،لا يسعني أن أنظر وأرى هذا العالم الكبيرعاجزًا أشدّ العجز .وأصمت، وأصمت، وأصمت ، في الواقع، نعم، أنا أصمت .كما صمت الجميع من قبلي، وكما أُجبر البعض على الصمت .لكن، حروفي ستنفجر من بين عينيّ، ستسقط سهوًا وتثور علي وعلى السخافة التي اعترت هذا العالم بأسره…
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I Am (2)
Vagina July 14, 2024- Home, 7:30 I am a vagina. An anatomical organ, a black hole that is mysterious, isolated, hidden. A hole that leads to a canal and then to a box. An entrance to life-making, creation and pleasure. I am invaded the moment I realize my being.. Pleasure? I am the subject of…
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Relax Your Mind:180 Seconds of Restless Thoughts
“Inhale, lift your arms up. Exhale, drop your hands to the floor. Inhale, right leg back. Drop the knee. Hold.” When I hear her say the movements, they sound easy enough. But there’s a constant humming in my ear, the echo of a voice in my head. “Hold? You can’t hold any longer. Your legs…
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Book Review: Mornings in Jenin
There are no words that can do this book justice, especially not at a time when the people of Gaza are being brutally bombed, starved and deprived of their most basic of rights; not when there’s a colonial entity conducting raids and random acts of violence in the West Bank, nor when there’s increased settler…
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Book Review: Bitter Orange Tree
I haven’t read a book as captivating as Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi in a really long time. Through prose that is delicate, the writer crafts a narrative that feels less like a traditional novel, and more like a beautifully curated collection of poignant moments. The expression is so beautiful that I was in…
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Book Review: Cockroach
When I first started reading Rawi Hage’s Cockroach, I was not immediately hooked. Unfamiliar with his writing style, I had picked up the book because I recognized the name. A follow-up to his acclaimed De Niro’s Game, Cockroach explores mental illness, immigration and an immigrant’s struggle for survival. The pacing of the book was not…
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Ten Insights On Happiness
1. Live close to your truth, even when it’s inconvenient.Pretending will keep you accepted, but never happy. 2. Protect your peace like sacred fire.Not everyone deserves access to your silence, your time, or your nervous system. 3. Feel everything fully.Happiness doesn’t come from avoiding pain, but from being real enough to let it move through…