واجِهة root: و-ج-ه / noun / plural: واجِهات / definition: façade On Sunday, the four of us (me, husband, parents) returned from our wondrous 18-day exploration of Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, and Tashkent again. My packed itinerary didn’t allow us much (or any) rest during the trip. But isn’t there such sweetness in aContinue reading “Uzbekistan and the Nine-Month Pause”
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Reading Arabic Literature: Back to ذا
خُبْز root: خ-ب-ز / collective noun / definition: bread After much anticipation, I’ve finally started my work placement with an Arabic literary magazine. I spent the day with head tucked into laptop, pausing now and then to graze on the delicious flour-free muffins I’d made at 7am and—now—I remind myself that I said I’d startContinue reading “Reading Arabic Literature: Back to ذا”
Uncontactable and Unread
اِختِفاء root: خ-ف-ي / form VIII verbal noun / definition: disappearance For those who have found me almost uncontactable—of whom I must mention: journal co-editors, my Akkadian teacher, and dear friends whose messages lie in wait in my Whatsapp unreads—I apologise for my unexplained disappearance. You see, there was an unexpected meeting. Then, a chosenContinue reading “Uncontactable and Unread”
