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Egypt 2025 in 5 Parts
A visual essay
Sep 9, 2025
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Enough to break your heart
a poem
Jan 6
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I want to be rich... time rich
We’re taking a few days off for the holidays.
Dec 23, 2025
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A drive down the memory lane of teen angst set to music
In which I age myself drastically
Dec 9, 2025
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Ancestors
a poem from last winter, now that the snow has started falling...
Nov 25, 2025
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“I'm learning so much from Noha's reflections–she’s funny, relatable, and offers a perspective on life that has expanded my worldview. I come to her writings and feel welcomed.”
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unfinished letters
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On fully stocked grocery shelves and self-sufficiency
Unfinished letter #29: My romanticized version vs. the stark reality.
Aug 12, 2025
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This one almost didn’t go out at all
Unfinished letter #28
Jul 22, 2025
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The things that make us wilt and melt
might be the same things things that make us stronger
Jul 8, 2025
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17 Years later, I found myself following The Artist's Way
Unfinished letter #26 (It's the inner work, stupid).
Jun 17, 2025
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Poetry
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Enough to break your heart
a poem
Jan 6
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Ancestors
a poem from last winter, now that the snow has started falling...
Nov 25, 2025
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Morning pages
a poem about anger
May 27, 2025
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Gaza ... fasting
The second Ramadan, a round up
Mar 11, 2025
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Recent posts
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Fall, back
Putting frustrations aside
Nov 11, 2025
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My kingdom for a late night coffee house
If you’ve been here for a while, you know that my husband finds our city boring.
Oct 30, 2025
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Everyone we lost
Last year during Ramadan, I listened to a series about the Barzakh, the life of the grave.
Oct 14, 2025
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This stage of life? It's hard
An unlocked unfinished letter
Sep 23, 2025
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When belonging is strange
On feeling at home after a lifetime of being an outsider
Sep 2, 2025
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Why I'm taking down the paywall on Letters from a Muslim Woman
How it's going, August 2025
Aug 19, 2025
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