the proximity of the two countries makes me as a Libyan envy the relative freedom and stability Egyptians experience on a daily basis, and as an American feel comfortable indulging in it.
Tag: arab spring
Living in between countries
Following a piece I read on third culture kids or as they’re called in Libya double shafras, I began thinking of the numerous conversations I’ve had with friends… Read more “Living in between countries”
Poetry
“I am large, I contain magnitudes.” –Walt Whitman
Solving my own puzzle
In a city of 22 million he lays his head on the dusty mattress and pokes the cotton tickling his face pushing it back inside, with provision,… Read more “Solving my own puzzle”
a special poem
This is about love. Sometimes there’s a burning flame inside me, an anxiety–a harboring curiosity that says go do it. Sometimes there’s nothing. It bothers me that… Read more “a special poem”
This post isn’t about love
I saw the movie The Judge the other day. Billy Bob Thornton says something about how white trash is also protected by the law. I thought of… Read more “This post isn’t about love”
Arabic the mother tounge
I grew up speaking ‘broken Arabic.’ I could reply to my mom and understand but not fluently. It only got better as my family traveled to Libya… Read more “Arabic the mother tounge”
Human rights abuses ‘leave a third of Libyans with mental health problems’
” Research by Dignity – the Danish Institute against Torture – shared with the Guardian, paints a devastating picture of the human consequences of the regionalism, tribalism and… Read more “Human rights abuses ‘leave a third of Libyans with mental health problems’”
I’m always in a state of longing…
People say writers usually are. What for doesn’t need to be defined. Just longing. My blog 7obsessions, where I published all the poetry I’d written since high… Read more “I’m always in a state of longing…”
Yusra Tekbali 