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  • December 17, 2025

    On Lighting Candles

    A meditation on ritual, absence and gestures that refuse to disappear. I was visiting a church the other day. Not…

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  • November 27, 2025

    Laziness vs. Productivity — The Wrong Battle

    Why fighting your lazy phases only makes productivity harder. *NOTE: I use the word “laziness” because that’s what we often…

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  • November 14, 2025

    The Last Romantic: The Tragic Beauty of Jeff Buckley’s Grace

    Inside the timeless soul of an album that embodies beauty, pain, and yearning. It’s difficult to define Jeff Buckley with…

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  • November 6, 2025

    The People Who Make Us Glow

    On the alchemy of presence, warmth, and becoming — how certain parts of us emerge in the right company. I…

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  • October 17, 2025

    One Blink for Yes (a short story)

    written by Tayma Saliba Act I — The Dome The city lay beneath a glass dome so vast it felt…

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  • October 10, 2025

    The Case for Outlasting Consumerism

    Lessons in care, history, and intention: how my approach to consumption changed for good. A few months ago, I went…

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  • August 19, 2025

    From Screen to Stage: A Review of Stranger Things: The First Shadow

    Reviewing the theatrical spectacle and hidden depths of Stranger Things: The First Shadow I’m a very big fan of Stranger…

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  • August 5, 2025

    Still Loud, Still Honest: The Legacy Ziad El Rahbani Left Behind

    Discussing how Ziad El Rahbani didn’t just narrate Lebanon’s chaos — he scored it, staged it, and laughed through it.…

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