My story in Granta

My story, "Persist", in Granta.

self-control, resistance, etc.

if you emote now, you may blush later. you may also feel less bad.

surrender

as though there'd been a choice.

Madiba

“A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”

"It always seems impossible until it's done."

“We know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”

"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love."

RIP Nelson Mandela.

quotable, Iran, etc.

"there are many ways to skin a nuclear cat" -- Ken Pollack, Brookings Institution

The Problem with Being Palestinian on Thanksgiving.

A piece I wrote for BuzzFeed about Arabs and Thanksgiving.

The Problem with Being Palestinian on Thanksgiving

on repeat

this weekend:

Kavinsky/The Weeknd: Sexy

Nothing Compares 2 U: "It’s one of the simplest music-video concepts ever: a closeup of elfin Irish singer Sinéad O’Connor, sporting a crew cut and a black turtleneck, singing directly to the camera. It’s also the most heartbreaking. The look on O’Connor’s face pinballs between nostalgia, anger and sadness, a temporary schizophrenia. Near the end, when O’Connor sings, “All the flowers that you planted, mama/ in the backyard/ all died when you went away,” two tears roll down her cheeks — the result, said O’Connor later, of her tempestuous relationship with her own mother. (When Prince sings the song, he replaces “mama” with “baby.”) It’s raw and intimate and unforgettable."

infusion

you must hold it in your head all at once

Soulful

the dirty projectors/usher

Emeli Sande

Heart wrenchingly gorgeous: My Kind of Love

Whimsical.

Sometimes you hear a song that makes you look forward to growing old and slowdancing in the kitchen: Body and Soul

crybaby

subdued saturday afternoon sadness