What role does memory play within a state of perpetual displacement? How does one resist forgetting under this precarity? And what does it mean to truly remember when memory is the space where catastrophe and pain reside? Continue reading “We are Guardians of Memory”: On Sara Abou Ghazal’s Dreams of Ayn Ara
Looking for your next powerful read? Discover how Elif Shafak’s There Are Rivers in the Sky, Tahmima Anam’s Uprising, and Carolina Pihelgas’s The Cut Line offer hope in a world defined by chaos and instability. Continue reading The Quiet Rebellion: On Hope, Despair, and How the 21st-Century Novel Offers a Way Out
The world needs individuals who are unafraid to question, challenge, and think independently—a seemingly silent yet potent form of activism. Continue reading “For the Love of the Books”: A Reflection on Resistance and Literature
As I think these thoughts now, I’m also wondering whether Ernaux would call them real because I’m not so sure. Continue reading Another Summer Gone: Paris, the Realness of Thoughts & Ernaux’s The Years
It is March, I know, but it’s never too late to do anything, right? And this should include writing and posting late review posts. Continue reading Back at My Writing Desk & A Year of Soulful Books | 2021 in Review
Edward Said’s call to “narrate” and “record” has never stopped being relevant in the Palestinian struggle. In fact, Palestinian narratives have taken an increasingly important role in the resistance against the systemic erasure of their history. Continue reading The Power of Narrative & Why Edward Said Would Be Proud: 35 Palestinian Narratives to Read
My ultimate goal here as a voracious reader is to delve right into the literary scene(s) and spaces created by Asian writers–which I’ve been missing out on all these years. Continue reading Reading around Asia Book List | The World Bookshelf Project
European poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) pursued a life of meaning through his writing. He studied with the greatest minds of the 20th century, from Rodin to Lou Andreas-Salomé, not only to learn how to write better, but to learn how to think, feel, and live like an artist. Continue reading On Writing Better | Rainer Maria Rilke
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