Words have a power that's fearless, and a magic that's unbeatable. They are a precise scale that can kill or bring to life, a remedy and a disease, rain and arrows. Words are eternal; they never die. They have a majesty that can plummet you into the deepest trenches or elevate you to the highest heavens.
Words have the astonishment
The memory of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's assumption of power; when this phrase is presented to us today after so many years, fleeting images from a long history pass through our minds, if only for moments. This is especially if you were a witness to those events firsthand, or if you chose to revisit and understand them later
Last week, I left my car in Alexandria and returned to Cairo with my husband. Early in the morning, my husband dropped me off at my workplace near Cairo University. I had to figure out how to return to the Fifth Settlement in New Cairo, so I planned to use Uber.
After work, an audacious and different idea occurred to me. I decided to
My adept psychiatric father, may he rest in peace, taught me how to give injections since I was a child, not realizing then that I would benefit the most from it, both physically and mentally.
He used to tell me that the human brain can only perceive one action at a time, so if you press on the injection site and withdraw your hand at the
I love you today as the wave loves its shore,
And as the river loves its estuary.
I love you now, and I hear your voice coming,
It takes me in its hands,
And it elevates me,
Towards a space where Fairuzian songs are written,
And it takes me,
Towards a time written in musical notes.
I tune in to the sound's
