• Adnan, Unredacted: On Sounding Normal in Public  

    Adnan, Unredacted: On Sounding Normal in Public  

    Theory about voice changing.Can a person speak in different voices?Is it normal to talk in two different voices? This was my search history for the…

  • سأقتلع عيني يا أبي

    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…

  • To the Soldier Who Points a Gun at Me

    To the Soldier Who Points a Gun at Me

    You think I’m here to die. You think that’s all we know how to do, Bleed, bury, break. But listen –  I grow things; Tomatoes…

  • Troubled Night

    Troubled Night

    What trouble does the moon bring me at ten? Life’s racing my heart again.   The ticks are getting louder, With that anxious clowder Clouds growl…

  • Six-Hour Guard Shift on the Northeastern Point of the Emile Helou Security Complex

    Six-Hour Guard Shift on the Northeastern Point of the Emile Helou Security Complex

    There’s always something different at the start of a new day; the air shifts and time resets. The stubborn illusion of change replays the same…

  • Avoid the imposter

    Avoid the imposter

    I am a writer – a great great writer. Words bend to my will and I move them around like puppets. I am a great…

  • Book Review: Orhan’s Inheritance 

    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…

  • عيد الميلاد

    عيد الميلاد

    ،قد أتى عيد الميلادِ يا حبيبتي…وأُضيئت الأشجارولكني لا أعلم أيَّ نجمةٍأضاءتهم ،قد أتى عيد الميلاد— وأتى الشتاء لكن في قلبيلم يرحل يومًا ،قد أتى عيد…

  • Adnan, Unredacted: A year in Reviews, From the Basement Office 

    Adnan, Unredacted: A year in Reviews, From the Basement Office 

    Today, dear reader, I think it’s time to lift the curtain a little and let you in on a part of my life I usually…

  • Faces, 2025

    Faces, 2025

    Palestinian-Lebanese Multidisciplinary artist based in Beirut, Ibrahim is a Creative Lead by practice, and an art by nature. He has worked with multinational and regional…