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Inherited Confusion

I’ve been praying in Arabic for thirty years. Five times a day. The same words. The same verses....

Jan 4, 2026 8 min
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Stranger

Professor Rahman sat three tables away at the café. I saw him immediately. Macro economics, ten years ago....

Dec 31, 2025 6 min
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Faculty

  Happy’s been waiting fifteen years. Not with ultimatums. She just waits. While I figure out that nodding...

Dec 22, 2025 3 min
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The Shelf of Forgotten Lessons

Thousands of hours of classroom instruction. Reduced to educational amnesia. As if those years never happened. As if...

Nov 10, 2025 7 min
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Thank You, Legs

I never thanked my legs for carrying me until they couldn't. Never thanked my lungs for breathing until...

Nov 10, 2025 7 min
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Pro-Living, Not Anti-Aging

The anti-aging industry sells war against time. What if anti-aging is the wrong goal? Choose pro-living over anti-aging...

Nov 8, 2025 6 min
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Nobody Is Happy With Their Body

To the universal human experience of body dissatisfaction. Maybe satisfaction isn't the goal. Acceptance is.

Nov 8, 2025 7 min
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Made of Glass and Steel

We are simultaneously made of glass and steel. My collarbone is healed now. Stronger at the break point,...

Nov 8, 2025 6 min