June 2012
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Tales of the Phoenix City, or Beirut and Other...
Tales of the Phoenix City - Chapter IA great admirer of the Tales of the City from American author Armistead Maupin, I love the serialized version the books were initially pu…Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Google+Share on LinkedinShare by emailmyrrhandmint0
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comments Tales of the Phoenix City - Chapter 2This was turning to be a most unpleasant day. First the order of...
Live From Nahr El Bared →
Update on the situation and what is going on in the Palestinian Neighborhood of Nahr El Bared
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Tales of the Phoenix City - Chapter 15
Lily’s project was simple.
It came to her as she was forever writing about style and fashion and things that seemed strangely unimportant at times of crisis, yet that magically operated on people no matter what, even more so in volatile times, as if the height of a heel was the best saving board one could hope for.
It puzzled her, but she did not judge. She seldom judged anyone anyway and...
Land of the Free: Taking A Leaf Out of Liberian... →
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Tales of the Phoenix City - Chapter 14
The boat was a bit rocky, the crowd, a mix of citizens going about their usual business and tourists exploring the city, all smiles, the flashes of their camera creating memories they will replay on rainy days to cheer them up.
Amongst them, a tall, skinny, dark haired man bearing an air of deep ennui. Ziad had spent a bitter sweet ten days, torn between discovering Istanbul and marveling at...
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Exile
I see them in your eyes, every day, the little questions eating away at your soul.
I see them, the little icicles of worry and despair, the never ending feeling of guilt, threatening to destroy you.
You smile and you laugh and you live, yet your heart is someplace else, with the thousands of brothers and sisters being tortured in God-forsaken prisons, their cries only echoing the screams of...
sugarshoes asked: Hello! I was just curious if you had a recipe for the toblerone fondant's you made becuse they look delicious! I found a few recipes but they didn't look that good. I can translate from Arabic and French if needed. Thank you so much!
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My Next Novel.... On Its Way
I’m VERY VERY VERY happy to share with you the superb news that my second novel will be out at the end of this summer. It’s being published by Tamyras Editions, whose editorial line I love. I hope you’ll like the book!
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Tales of the Phoenix City - chapter 13
The city was her haven, the slabs of concrete felt moist and tender beneath her feet, the piercing noises of every day life were the perfect symphony to her dreams. Gabrielle had taken to ramble through the streets whenever the political climate felt unstable and volatile, acting just the opposite of what everyone was doing. Instead of retreating home, she confronted the insecurity heads on, with...
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Pregnancy Scare
I have always felt very strongly about the way women are being treated in this day and age merely for the fault of perpetuating the specie. In other words, pregnancy scares the shit out of me.
It s not enough that us women have to worry about what being pregnant will do to our body, to worry about the mere act of giving birth (no walk in the park, I hear, as my father still remembers sometimes...
CRTD.A At the AWID Forum: Forging a new path for... →
