To all the things I write for
Stories from the Outside
I write for a world where I’m no longer afraid.
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This war can’t be civil
Stories from the Outside
We tend to forget who actually initiates violence — generally, we “expect better” of the oppressed, never considering their oppressors.
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Slay, Muslims!
Stories from the Outside
My brother still wasn’t back with our sheep, but I had to tweet this as early as possible. The devil works hard, but Islamophobes work harder. And I was right.
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1 teaspoon of teucrium
Stories from the Outside
I may have tried to wash the Arabic off my tongue, as if rejecting the bitterness of some of the herbs Jiddoh and Yummah made me drink.
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‘Assalamu alaikum, no oink for me’
Stories from the Outside
The police state is normalized through individual acts; everyone carries a cop within them. We all know pigs who police and surveil our everyday lives.
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They/them in Arabic
Stories from the Outside
It haunts me that certain aspects of my identity can only be articulated and understood in English — they’re basically invisible, or actually, nonexistent, when discussed in my mother tongue.
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Self-portrait of my perfect self
“ ‘i love myself.’/ the/ quietest./ simplest./ most/ powerful./ revolution./ ever.”
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Capitalism is not halal
Stories from the Outside
When I think of dismantling all forms of capitalism in our lives, I think of Islam. I think of praying.
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Mama’s museum
Stories from the Outside
I didn’t realize how these different personal artistic expressions captured and reflected rapidly evolving political, social and economic climates.
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‘They hunt us down for fun’
Stories from the Outside
Authorities have established this dominance and control over transgender and queer people, and they wield their power to devastating effect: surveilling, tracking and quite literally hunting them.
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