Category Archives: california

night and fog.

the evening call to prayer is echoing through amman’s sky and whispering through my window. the fog swallows the last rays of sunlight and it’s officially the 40th night of the latest campaign of genocide on gaza. for forty days … Continue reading

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once upon a time in the west.

my body is trying to tell me something. it has been whispering for at least a day now, and now though i have tried to hear it out before whispers turn to shouts, i can tell from the pressure in … Continue reading

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new york stories.

the buzz in the room is getting louder. voices and conversations are blending into one, which helps save me from focusing too much on other people’s conversations and zoning into my own thoughts but there’s also something about the conversations … Continue reading

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far from home.

there is only one reason i enjoy signing into facebook anymore – to see the memories it’s become a ritual of sorts, on the nights that i’m still awake when cinderella’s curfew hits, that i open the app to see … Continue reading

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basic instinct.

it was four years ago this summer that i left home. packed up my moleskins full of notes and reminders, said goodbye to lifelong friends, giggled awkwardly at my father’s successful attempt to lighten up our farewell by stuffing five … Continue reading

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the good, the bad, and the ugly.

the last few months have been the most exhilarating and exhausting of my life. after a year of sending out hundreds of job applications, of seeing my savings dwindle down to pennies, of desperately hoping someone would take a chance … Continue reading

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city of love.

there are many things i love about living in san francisco. i love how you can walk in between sky scrapers in one neighborhood, and within 20 minutes find yourself surrounded by 800-year-old redwood trees. i love how the walls … Continue reading

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life is beautiful.

i squint my eyes to readjust what i’m seeing. there’s an odd blue dash on everything i look at. i move my fingers over my lashes and realize it’s paint. how do i have paint on my eyelashes? i shake … Continue reading

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the dark night.

there’s a metallic taste that’s oozing from my cheeks to overtake the caramel flavored candy i was chewing on earlier today. my jaw is clenching tighter. my heart is pumping so fast that i feel every uneven beat jumping through my … Continue reading

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the streets of san francisco.

it’ll be two months tomorrow since i left home, since i packed up my moleskins full of notes and reminders, since i said goodbye to lifelong friends, since my father stuffed five dollars in my purse and joked that this … Continue reading

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