Silence
You don't understand my silence. I thought with time you would. I had a firm belief you'd give my silence space to grow then shrink on its own. Yet you want to crush it into little pieces, you present...
View ArticleMidnight Thoughts: Of Cheese, McEwan and other unrelated things
Let me tell you about a time during the night when there's a heaviness in your stomach, in your gut. You wonder if it's the cheese you've eaten a couple of hours before fully knowing cheese isn't a...
View Articleمشروع تدويني: مذكرات جامعية
يوميات جامعية، فكرة الجميلة هالة، سأحاول بقدر استطاعتي الالتزام. سأدع كتاباتي تتحدث عن نفسها. المشتركون:هالةwww.wing2sky.blogspot.comذهلاءhttp://hope-plant.blogspot.com/...
View Articleيوميات جامعية #01
نور، طالبة في كلية خاصة في نهاية العالم -كما تحب أن تصفها- لذا فهي ليست طالبة جامعية و لا تتمتع بمزايا طلاب الجامعة. و لكنها محاطة بطلاب طب في كل مكان. ليس في هذا الأمر شيء غريب بحد ذاته، لكن تجد نفسك...
View ArticleA wish
I wish I could write something that doesn't mean anything to me now and hope it would with time.
View Articleيوميات جامعية #2
كان أمس أبرد يومٍ شهدناه هذا الشهر. لم تصل درجة الحرارة إلى 10 س و لكن كنا مستمتعين بالدراسة في البرد. و هذه هي الكذبة الأولى فلا أحد يستمتع و هو يدرس لامتحان. من الممكن أن تستمتع في مادة معينة لكن...
View ArticleA force of nature
I remember one day I wanted to be a force of nature. A tad too cold to be fire, too calm to be the wind, and not encompassing enough to be air; I was water. A stream running to join the ocean,...
View ArticleSilly little things
Braiding my hair has become a reflex of some sort. I braid the upper half first then join it with the rest to make it look neat. Otherwise my hair is a big mess. It’s all over the place, and that’s...
View ArticleA Storm
I don't know when I noticed that my words lost their usual warmth, became wary and dull. My arms which used to be quick in comforting are now paralyzed. I lie on my bed all day. I feel something...
View ArticleWedding bells
It was my wedding today, and my sister's. We forgot all about it since the legal paper that was signed at court got tossed aside. We didn't think that day would ever come until a family member reminded...
View ArticleIn pursuit of the perfect book
Imagine standing in front of your piles and piles and piles of books and asking the one that will shake you to your core to step forward and declare itself so you can be changed forever. Amazingly...
View ArticleRoads
Can we say we're lost if we don't know the destination? If we don't know where we're heading but we're aware of the route we're taking. We're just not sure of where it'll take us, it could be to so...
View ArticleLifetime occupation
"Why can't I just read books all the time?""You can't save lives doing that.""Maybe I can save mine."
View ArticleFrogs and Growth
The weirdest thing that happened today was that I saw a frog, a small one. I haven't seen one in years. It's practically a desert here, and even though we had a downpour a few days ago (I doubt it...
View ArticleWhat surrounds us
Walls were supposed to be protective, from the world outside. When it got stormy, you were safe from the harsh wind because of these walls. We make walls poetic because they surround you all the...
View ArticleChuck Palahniuk, Choke
“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because its only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots....
View ArticleGetting books in a dream
I've been dreaming a lot lately, don't know why. I think it's my disturbed sleep habits. I'd like to tell you about the one I had last night and I woke up happy not knowing why before I remembered the...
View ArticleSun & figs
I’ve gone a shade darker (or a few, but who cares really). Blaming the sun isn’t the answer, I could’ve used a stronger sunblock but the thing is, my daily intake of sunshine doesn’t exceed the two...
View Articleأعمالنا لله
رمضان مبارك عالجميع.دائماً نتمنى من رمضان أن يكون أفضل من الذي أسلف، لكن بنهايته نجد أنفسنا نعلق أمالاً بالقادم. و نحن لا نضمن لنا غداً.نحاول أن نساعد أنفسنا و نساعد من حولنا بأي طريقة كانت. نصلي، نقرأ...
View ArticleRetrospect
We try to polish our image, knowing we're not perfect. We need validation from others to go on. We polish it even by trying to make ourselves look bad, consciously and unconsciously. The problem with...
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