I wanted to move on, evolve and see something else, but something stopped me. My path was blocked by an invisible force, it was everywhere and kept me from growing. I was stuck and looked around and I saw what I had seen my whole […]
Sometimes, I see words Words that frighten me You know, that kind That is not even two-thirds Of the greatness in that modest red book Trendy and innovative They downgrade your language Until it’s nothing but pathetic adjectives And suddenly all of my achievements All […]
I had hospitalized myself, because I knew I couldn’t go on like that. Everything felt shifted and drifted, like a walk on stitching moss or like touching the sea and feeling fire. Surely, there were many years waiting for me but did I want to […]
تمر بمحاذاة البحر كل يوم، تسير على مهل، الطريق ليس طويلاً لتنجز ما عليها، يعرفها البحر جيداً، أعرفها وأعرف البحر، في كل هذا، هناك دائماً ندبة لا تزول، كوشم في القلب. كل الفتيات يحلمن بالقمر، كل الرجال يحلمون بالمرافئ، بالوصول الى ما لا يمكن اعتباره […]
It’s a mistake. Being here is a mistake. There is no space, it is so hot, the used air presses on my lungs. I can smell him, even though he is standing on the other side of the room. How could it get to this […]
I pass this road almost every day and it is not very comfortable on the bike, because I’m constantly waiting to be overtaken by a car which wants to pass too narrowly and too quickly. On this morning it is different. It is Friday morning […]
I often catch myself feeling ashamed when I explain to a refugee that I work as a refugee worker. I choose another term, say something like “I work with refugees”, to avoid at all costs the word “help”. Maybe when you study social work you […]
“It’s on me.” The pretty guy behind the bar winks at her with ice-blue eyes as he puts down the gin tonic in front of her. She beams at him, glad about the attention and then she soothes down her shirt before she takes a […]
