Strange Times

Oct 306 min read

Halloween, Satanic Panic and the Devil in my shampoo bottle

Coming out of the washroom, the woman grabbed my wrist as I turned to close the door to my bedroom to drown out the noise of the prayer...

Oct 185 min read

I voted!...for the first time ever

My introduction to the concept of voting came to me, like many western ideas, from an Archie comic. Through the comic’s oft-swollen and...

Sep 208 min read

It's been twelve years since I left, am I still “Dubai Girl”?

Even in the midst of a pitch black sky, I could tell we weren’t far from landing at Dubai International Airport when I looked out the...

Mar 35 min read

Contraband: a meaty, short (true) story

Just act natural, I tell myself. Act natural! I straighten my back and run my fingers through my then long, dark hair, tugging on my...

Nov 22, 20236 min read

Redux (2017): I am an Immigrant

This article was originally posted in a Christian publication during the refugee crisis created by the Syrian civil war. The brutality of...

Oct 25, 20235 min read

Brown blood, white prerogative

I walk away. I always walk away.. I don’t have the energy or the heart to tell them why I won’t do it: I won’t have my baby’s broken,...

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