To be an Arab living in the west is to be sentenced to a lifetime of caressing a hedgehog. I get pricked by spines of misunderstanding. No matter what I say it gets twisted into an extreme. I shoot a nurf gun, the slightest touch startles , out come the […]
The book of love is long and boring Read from the book of love you must Music and Vocals by Barbara Browning http://soundcloud.com/barbarabrowning Cover of Stephin Merritt’s song by the same name
A novel that wants to make love to the whole world. A novel that reveals its secrets in quiet whispers that will make your ears strain against the page. A novel that has no plot yet tells a story. A novel that repeats the same scenario, over and over, but […]
“Write what you know” I heard it said before. Hmmmm! …… I disagree. At age 19, I immigrated from the middle-east and found myself in an in-between state. Wet from the all immersive experience of being deeply embedded in a culture; dry as a cracker observing new set of social […]
How to find your soulmate? The search for a soulmate is not always romantic or elegant, but for some reason, in my family, it always involves a book.
Sometimes you need a poem to give an extra push for what you are doing. One to add to the list of inspirational poems.
Rawi Hage’s Carnival is a story of marginalization. Like a spider’s web – delicate, intricate yet forceful in capturing its prey.
It is such a dense burden – giving birth to a grown up woman. To spare polite society the affliction of observing this most unnatural of labors I feel compelled to retreat into a remote cave in the wilderness where I entered one day and got lost in labyrinth unable […]
Gollum and ring inspires me to look differently on the cozy long-term relationship with my Canadian passport.
I receive all sorts of things: Gifts, books, poems, death treats, lovely emails and pictures of all sorts. Today, however I received something I have never received before – A painting of myself. The artist’s name is Falah Hassan, he lives in Irbil Iraq where he teaches fine arts. Unfortunately, […]
felt pen on paper I was researching polka dots on the internet when I discovered a Japanese artist called Yayoi Kusama, who is obsessed with polka dots. My research moved from the internet to the public library and I managed to find a few books and event a movie made […]
Feeling frustrated with how hummus is treated in the west I decided to make a video to teach you how to eat hummus properly.
Have you ever had a dream of painting? This happens to me all the time. I dream of a painting and then when I wake up I try to replicate it.
Inspired by the stories of Arabian Nights, I try to weave together new stories for the modern age.
Four little puppies get into all sorts of mischief when the mighty hands of god descend on them to punish them harshly.
The above is my first stop motion video. I had no idea what I was doing while working on it, but I certainly learned lots through the experience. The story is of black and plain shoes all moving around in a regimented manner, until colorful shoes invade the space and […]
The story of how the ideal fluevog shoes make their way into my life after a long disappointment.
It starts out with Aristotle taking notes on his wife’s genitals as part of his study of nature and how things work. My thoughts are “O I hope I find the strength to spend the next 300 pages with this man.” I was reading The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon. […]
It all started with an email. My friend Barry Jakel asked me if would like to come to his book launch party. What book? When? Where? What is the book about? Why didn’t you tell me that you were writing a book? 100 questions swirled inside my head. Instead of […]
I hate and loathe self-help books. I am embarrassed to confess that I read The Secret because many of my friends insisted that I must read it and found it to be a bunch of gobbledygook. The summery of its essence is that I should spend my time fantasizing […]
At this point, I became qualified to write the anti-self-help book. A de-motivational manifesto to show the masses an easy to follow program on how to fail in everything. How to alienate your friends in 30 days, ruin your career, annoy your family, bust up your marriage, gain weight and […]
Contemplating all the difficulties in life and trying to decide which one is the hardest. Why is life so hard? Let’s put our heads together.
Despite my strength I find myself in a fragile state when asking “How to get over a breakup?”
Do you know the Right Said Fred song called I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt? Have you ever had a moment when you felt like you belonged inside that song? Do you know the Right Said Fred song called I’m Too Sexy For My Shirt? Have you ever had a moment when you felt like you belonged inside that song?
A story of developing stretch marks when pregnant and later how my kids leave stretch marks on my heart.
