The Sabaic Language and a Much Awaited Deadline

إعادة التَّأطير root: ع-و-د and ء-ط-ر / phrase / definition: reframing Solitudinous sahoors and attempts at staying up as late as I can handle in my mid-twenties (my failings in which remind me I’m well past my teen years) have been left behind in Ramadan, and my PhD chapter that I abandoned in the secondContinue reading “The Sabaic Language and a Much Awaited Deadline”

Travelling and Teaching as an Anxious Introvert

قَلَق root: ق-ل-ق / noun / definition: anxiety I just returned last night from my second solo trip—this time: a week in Qatar. I’m often surprised, being that I’m a habitually-anxious introvert, that I can force myself out of my comfort zone far enough that I actually find peace in that space beyond. “Why aren’tContinue reading “Travelling and Teaching as an Anxious Introvert”