On language – sans English

I’ve recently been pondering on my mother tongue quite a bit. Maybe it has something to do with my being older now and open to things I’d previously thought of as ‘uncool.’ Because, really, what’s with the definition of ‘cool’ anyway? I say this now …

Eid Mubarak, from the diaspora

For the second consecutive year on Eid I gaze upon the city’s horizon as fireworks light up the night sky, Ringing in the day of celebration For this country which is not mine.   Watching the movement of faint figures as they Jump with joy, …

Social Media, in retrospect

Here lies social media, where seeing is deceiving. Where you may stay updated on the lives of your acquaintances – the lives that they pine for, at the very least. Visions of ages past, lost in nostalgic fixation or days that pass them by, scrolling endlessly, …