Feb 26, 2010
25 – fi misr
Tweet With rain in hair, qahwa in belly and the cardamom still coating the insides of our noses, Cairo soaked through my shoes, socks and skin. Done in by puddle misjudgment, who-knows-what solutes were beginning to squat under my toenails from the dodgy detritus of doings and the leavings of 7000 cats. After a great dance of squishy hopping about, I felt less... read more
Feb 17, 2010
Things I probably should’ve given Naeem the heads-up on
Tweet via Hamish 1. I have a real problem managing time. 2. Hence I’m a pro-procrastinator. 3. It is difficult for me to wake up early especially if there is nothing pressing to attend to. 4. I sing along to jingles and other tracks when I watch TV or listen to the radio. 5. Chaos is my element. 6. I’m always up for eating strange things. 7. I like... read more
Feb 16, 2010
List on Books and Bikya
"Bikya! Bikya, bikya, bikyaaa! Beeeekya, bikya, bikya, bikyaaaa!" It goes on for most of the day, the calls varying in intensity and persistence... read more
Feb 10, 2010
15 – fi misr
Tweet At a masjid fi misri just before maghrib I find jidatee* with her nose in His Signs, while a metronome of bone on bone keeps time with each fatha, each kasra. Those knees creak as much as the scuffed plastic of her chair. She’s not really my grandmother. I hear only one word out of her hundred. “Ana la atakalam arabiyya”, that’s... read more
Feb 8, 2010
Pedobear fi Misr
Tweet We spotted this on our way to the Cairo Book Fair: Acute Fail. read more
Jan 15, 2010
I am allowed one lookie-me moment per year
If I had known I'd be seeing six of my words in typesetted/isbn-ed glory, I would have put a bit more pith into them. Though still, freaking yay! And they send you your very own contributor's copy. I've got nothing but heart for Smith Magazine and HarperCollins. read more
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