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2016-03-19 18:53
Someone recently suggested I should start writing again. The thing is that emotions have got the better of me, and battle scars so raw that I may vomit words and regret them later, which see… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I always feel nervous when I am being controlled by authority, even if I theoretically know I have nothing to fret about. Like in Beirut when stopped at an impromptu checkpoint by the army… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
OK, I must try to understand why blogging has suddenly become one of the hardest things to do at the moment. I used to effortlessly rant on about this or that. I'd simply open the New Post p… Read More
2006-11-01 15:46
Fine, I'll get back to writing because staring at the same posts over and over and trying to summon some form of witty comment on life and whatnot is a bit depressing. So I'll just write abo… Read More
2006-10-10 21:47
London is becoming more and more like Beirut. There's too much Hummous in my fridge. Everyone says Yalla all the time. My arabic has improved in the last two years. And my flatmate does a ri… Read More
2006-08-12 21:38
There is a rumour slowly travelling across blogs that the war will be over in two days. On Monday, they are saying... Can I dare to believe?Can it be true that they want nothing from us? Can… Read More
2006-08-10 23:04
A horrifying article in The Independent today.My country is being torn apart like Lego blocks. Some select fuckheads who think they can decide for the fate of a whole country, a whole people… Read More
2006-08-09 10:45
Last night, I re-read a message that my boyfriend, who is back in Beirut, sent me on the 13th of July. We were scheduled to meet up in Spain five days later for a music festival. "My aya, le… Read More
2006-08-08 12:01
It's hard living a normal life on this side of the continent.Suddenly, all conversation beyond world politics and media bias seems futile and only lasts a couple of minutes before it starts… Read More
2006-08-01 23:19
The Times newspaper printed an article about new Israeli army recruits whose operation is to flag Lebanese blogs and flood them with pro-Israel propaganda comments. This explains the many vi… Read More
2006-07-31 00:09
It took time to take to the keyboard and speak, but I think it is now time...I think that most of all, I was ashamed of not being in Beirut. I am not in Lebanon. I am in London, cooking my d… Read More
2006-07-30 20:32
2006-04-08 21:40
Well, today was the Grand National here in the UK, i.e Horse-Racing Betting Day. I've always categorically refused to bet, ever since I lost £1 to my then 6-year old brother forever-ag… Read More
2006-01-28 00:18
He brushed her hair, removing strands floating in her face, he patted her waistcoat. She was very still. He adjusted her collar, peered in her eyes, and gently brushed her hair again, fixing… Read More
2006-01-25 18:03
Dear All (who still check in despite the recent drought, and for that, I thank thee),A simple announcement: I have at long last found a job. Not just a job, but a satisfying wonderful experi… Read More
2006-01-22 18:59
I feel tragically empty, and little things irritate and turn my owl-head into obsessive mania. Like my 'space' key on the keyboard: it squeaks lightly when I press it, and I know it is a con… Read More
2006-01-17 10:44
God, that trip to Spitalfields Church feels like years ago!In the past month, I've been to Beirut and back, celebrated a hectic and very drunk Xmas, as well as an origami-filled home New Yea… Read More
2005-12-18 22:08
As I was cycling home this afternoon, the bells of ChristChurch of Spitalfields were on full blast. There was to be a Christmas Carols mass, and for some strange reason that happens once in… Read More
2005-12-01 01:14
Someone stole my white leather gloves tonight at a pub. They were dirty and grey from all the smoking and general mis-handling, but it still pissed me off. Who'd so desperately want a grey p… Read More
2005-11-30 00:02
You know when you have so many things to do that you end up doing nothing. I've been very lazy lately, especially with blogging, but i'm hoping to get back on track starting as of now! So i… Read More
2005-11-28 22:51
I like being Self-Employed. It means that I can never be Unemployed again. It's technically impossible. If I have no projects to work on, it is because "business is slow". I still have offic… Read More
2005-11-27 21:45
Yes, This is how I feel today. Multiple full-frontal stab wounds from a Hegellian British boy idiocy, but still looking really sleek and design-y...It would make a wonderful Xmas present fro… Read More
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