W.G. Sebald on melancholy

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Really love the poems of Palestinian poet Hend Jouda. Anyone who has a notion about publishers who would appreciate her work please tell meeeeee. Or translators who want to pitch her collection, I can put you in touch.

Dubai PR agencies now have my personal email as well. 😭 Soon all my emails will be useless.

everyone is upset by this but it just affirms my belief that they are the most polite and considerate insects. Always tucked away somewhere, pay rent by killing other bugs, and now ur telling me they’re conscious of our business hours…gotta give them their 10s

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my heart aches, I'm so very very very happy for Batool

Anyone know if there's something to be done about this sort of stripe on the screen, or if my laptop is now headed for full meltdown?

pretty please, NYC.

defend this adorable smile

"...writing remains. Not because it is safe to write, and certainly not because there is time or quiet or shelter for it, but because without writing, there would be nothing left that resembles continuity. Words arrive not after the devastation but within it." -آلاء

Every word of this beautiful review.

For the record, LGBTQ+ athletes, celebrities, and normal everyday folk exist below the Mason Dixon. We cannot continue this lame excuse for not expanding in the South when the rights of every single person is being challenged in all 50 states. There is no “safe haven”.

Such a pleasure, Mai's short stories. 💚

capitalismophiles now trying to convince you that taking one week off work a year is a luxury.

Thank you for this, آلاء. 💚

you can also hear me, Adam Talib, and Karam chatter about Fatima Qandil & translating & publishing on August 13, register: aucegypt.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

From a forthcoming essay by my beloved friend آلاء. I love you, Alaa.