On choosing a book on a whim..
More excerpts from "Who Completes The General's Face?" by Abdelkarim Jouaiti..
Abdulrahman’s Musings.
The thoughts and wanderings in which I try to discover what is occupying my mind, and start writing and see where it leads. Serious, and not so serious.. Sometimes in Arabic, sometimes in English.. Also: lots of books, lots of music..
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From "Who Completes the General's Face?"
On being Entrusted.
A culmination of snippets across a few days.. On being entrusted on yourself, for yourself, and on your friends, for your friends, and for the world at large..
On Football ⚽️ as sociology..
Some excerpts from various sources.
On not having goals..
And how weird that feels, or maybe how ok that feels..
On being an immigrant
in an immigrant-hostile environment. Or, how do immigrants navigate the current global hostility towards them; a solitary perspective.
On attempting an intellectual restart...
Maybe an emotional one too..
On American political ideas..
An immigrant's perspective. A comparative non-study on the discourse, sentiments, and nonsense..
On being inside the belly of the UN beast.
Attending the UNGA week, and attempting to ask the question: is this necessary?
On the curiosity of our times..
And what time means to us.. A reading into some of the pages of a curios book about curiosity..
On being a question.
Having the world ask the question of you, or you asking the world the question, doesn't matter..
Malcolm X: The American Ambassador, The Role of Young People, and Two Minutes on Vietnam.
3 excerpts from "Malcolm X Speaks", a collection of speeches and statements from his last year.
On the Ease of Friendships..
When we’re told to “put in work”, does this mean we’re forcing our relationships?
On being with nature..
Or is it in nature? A self talk on how to be an observer of the natural world, without imposing myself on it.. somewhat fear driven..!
What I learned from going through the US immigration system
And where to eat out tonight..
A Royal Procession.
An excerpt from "The Anarchy" by William Dalrymple. And a divergence into Mughal paintings..
On Explaining What Ramadhan Is..
The one where I try to figure it out for myself, for the umpteenth time..
On things passing..
Enough!
On the Osage, the 21st century cowboys, and the omission of history..
The one, where I voice myself in Arabic..
On Years Ending..
And the accountability that brings..