…and I hope mine inspires you — There’s a fly drowning in my coffee. It’s so annoying. I just made it. It’s my fault. I put so much creamer; poor fly thought it was cake and dove to his death. I’m going to have to go to the pantry and make another one. I hate going to…

The 1619 Project is the seed America tried to bury, and now the branches have come to avenge their roots — Origin My dad has two birthdays — the one on his refugee documents and one he discovered in his fifties. Like most refugee kids born in 1948, his birthday is recorded as January 1 because in the years following the Nakba, when 750,000 Palestinians became dispossessed and forced to flee their…

Netanyahu's speech brings doom and gloom — In his most recent interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, Netanyahu says that the future belongs to those who innovate, the USA being first and Isreal second, "Our interests are converging in the 21st century, we provide invaluable Intel, cyber security, weapons development… and civilian technology." A future of doom…

Devonna Walker's racist killer is counting on your misogynoir — Devonna Walker lived next to a racist couple who had been taunting her since she moved to her home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. So much so that the week before her murder, she traveled to her friend's house in a different part of town to escape the constant violence at…

Bad faith actors and colonialism in action — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Jan 9, 2023, that it would begin teaching about the Holocaust in primary and secondary classes across the country. While this seems like an amazing step toward combating antisemitism in the region, it is disingenuous. We can’t combat hate by buying into one…

As a writer, I always find it helpful to have sticky notes, pens, and tons of highlighters in my life. Sometimes, I like to draw the story before I write it and doodle it all over my desk in pink, blue, and green. I just bought myself a whiteboard to…

A fabulous omen — Hell is when the person you were meant to trust labels you the devil. Hell is when the abuser trains everyone around you to view you as the bad one, and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. Hell is to be ostracized. Hell is when no one supports you, even when…

World Cup 2022 — Football continues to be the region's number one game. But I'll be damned if I didn't mention the misogyny plaguing the sport. In Asia, ME, Africa, and beyond. Hold that thought. It was 94 or 98 when my dad installed a satellite dish on the balcony to watch the World…

My friend who feels like home — I was around fifteen when I immigrated to Canada. I had no idea what to expect at school. I had lived in a bubble my entire life. The word uprooting really makes sense, it’s like ripping your soul from everything you know. I thought the Gods were looking out for…