My phone beeped and I opened the text. It swam by in a blur, but part of it lanced deep. ‘…the nursing home is awfully loud and full of husks of bodies, which […]
On Dementia: Husks and Humanity
What Now? 52 years of Algerian Independence
After 52 years of independence, Algeria’s progress looks bleaker than ever. The 5th of July is a day where 37 million people look back to 1962, when the Evian Records were signed. […]
Fever for Football
“The thing about football – the important thing about football – is that it is not just about football.” – Terry Pratchett “I don’t understand! How can you care so much when […]
Minority within an Arab minority
Growing up in Australia’s Arab community was, to put it simply, weird. I thought that I had committed blasphemy when I first told my Lebanese classmates that tabouli and manoush did not […]
The problems with Miss Lebanon Australia
One of the first confronting and invasive questions that I was asked by a tutor during my first year at university was whether or not my parents would marry me off at […]
