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Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Poetry The Self

Dreamland

The angles, the curves
The points in which my anatomy intertwines
Braided into the outline of a crooked bay
As if it was improvised

Posted on August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 Poetry The Self

Kaleidoscope

I am a kaleidoscope
compiled with infinite colors.
A cosmic spectrum of hues.

Posted on August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 The Self عربي

البحث عن الذات

قيلَ إن أفضل ما يمكن أن يفعله المرء لنفسه هو أن يجدها. أن يخلق مرسى لترسوا عليه أفكاره بين تخبط أمواجها و أن يحتفظ ببويضاته العذراء ليلدها

Posted on July 31, 2021August 1, 2021 Nonfiction Stories The Self

Women in Medicine

If I tell you to imagine a doctor, you will directly picture a man, whereas if I tell you to think of a nurse, your mind will immediately perceive a woman.

Posted on June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Out of Theme Poetry

Claustrophobe

Stick to me like a smoky breath after I have had my fifth cigarette  Even if I brush my newly stained teeth  or chew mint flavoured bubblegum It is sometimes…

Posted on June 14, 2021June 29, 2021 Nonfiction Stories The Self

Redefining Femininity: Two Generations of Care Work

In fact, mothering, teaching, and nursing are just a few examples of care work that societies cannot persist without. However, just like most kinds of care work, they are gendered and feminized and thus highly undervalued and underappreciated.

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Poetry Sovereignty

The Undignified Divide

My love, my hope, my faithful patriots
Are slowly dying to stay alive
Presented with only two

Undignified choices to survive:
The fisherman’s bread
Or
The sashimi of corruption

Posted on May 5, 2021September 27, 2021 The Self عربي

The Self: Theme of the Month | موضوع الشهر عن: الذات

Is the process of undoing, molding, and forming the Self linear? Are we in a perpetual state of forming? We invite you to write.

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Out of Theme Poetry

When the Bleeding Stops

The paper lies empty on my bed at night
And my pen won’t bleed anymore

Posted on April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Out of Theme Poetry

Brain Dead

My blood is boiling,
My mind is running on a treadmill powered by broken thoughts,
shards here and there
all over the pillows and the sheets.

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