my freedom is to be what they don’t want me to be Mahmoud darwish It took me too long to write this post, because I’m chained my ambivalence towards too many unexpected events. I’m not clearly sure what nor how to feel after being diagnosed with covid 19, spending dramatically lonely nights on quarantine pale bed coughing my lungs out. Thinking about my uncertain destiny. I’ve decided not to stir…
The world is going to be entirely changed after this ,hopefully for the better. it’s true what they say, you will never sense the value of a blessing until you lose it. It has been over a month now since the lock down. Dinner table left undressed dramatically , silence conquered our house to the point where the only thing I could hear is my own breathing. The fetid odor…
A week ago I had Intestinal catarrh which made me inevitably prisoned in my room for day. While cold is trending across the town I ended up with an infection that made me less functional. Surviving on cereals & grains, pulses. Not that I’m complaining. In matter of fact I always find pleasure indulging rice, not to mention that rice is almost mandatory in our dinner table. I’d hoped I…
Friend: but everyone is going to be there ? Me : yeah I know , I’m really sorry I’d rather stay at home this weekend, not really in the mood. Friend: ugh!! alright ..please join us if you changed your mind. Me : absolutely, plz say hi to everyone. Although I’m always against the idea of being alone. But my mind needs some serenity away from the hustling city to…
It’s not a question of can or can’t. There are some things in life you just do I don’t usually write a review about books..but this book in particular, I believe it deserves to be praised. The concept of the book is quite genius in so many levels. Bread toast crumbs by Alexandra stafford is a a great investment , Now let me tell you why ? When it comes…
Whoever’s homeless now, will build no shelter; who lives alone will live indefinitely so, waking up to read a little, draft long letters, and, along the city’s avenues, fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen. Maria rilke Whenever I think of September, it always takes me back in time to Houston as if it was yesterday. two years ago, the first time I landed in Houston with my parents to…
And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. Haruki Murakami The summer is winding down and has decided to…
Hajj – A journey that starts off by seeking for his forgiveness and culminates with giving our forgiveness to others.’ – Unknown My mom have arrived from haj yesterday along with her sister & brother amna & obaid. her face would speak a 1000 words about her journey, apart of me was distressed since the day she divulged her intentions of going to haj. We were aware that her…
Where did the year go ? I can’t believe we are in August. I’ve been hearing this statement quite a lot lately.. Somehow it’s makes me really intimidated how years slips through my hands without remarkable achievements. each year I grow older and the voice within keeps asking me on every birthday. Are you sure you’ve made the right decision to be who you are today ? I always confront…
I needed to find out that sometimes even your best is not good enough. And that in those times you have to give it everything you’ve got. And then move on.” Ruth Reichl I spent one week working on a recipe for my book. Improving madeleines wasn’t an easy task, and it didn’t show any act of obedience along the way. Everyone was complaining about its behavior. Bland, dry,…