Tag: nonfiction
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The Bravery of Our Past Selves
And what we’d say if we could send them messages I was going to write about something else today but my self-of-one-year-ago kept popping up so I decided to write about her instead. Raja and I have gone through such a major transition – moving from Jordan to the US – in the last year…
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Quitting Syria
After Seven Years, My Job Is No Longer Syria Conflict-Related Arlington, MA-February 2023 On Tuesday, I left all my Syria WhatsApp groups and unsubscribed from Syria update emails and live trackers. Afterwards I felt a huge sense of relief. I have more to say about it – about what changed in my life these past…
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The Power of Consistency
The algorithm Gods and keeping a promise to myself I was feeling embarrassed and frustrated that I didn’t have something new to post today. I normally have my Sunday posts prepared before, you know, Sunday. “I don’t have something new to post today,” I griped to my husband and my younger sister, who was in…
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What We Notice When We Snap Our Laptops Shut
Arlington, MA-January 2023 I spent this past week in DC for work. I flew down Monday evening, so I could go to in-person meetings with colleagues and work from our office in Arlington, VA. I’ve just joined a new project this month; there is so much to be done. The gravitational pull of my work…
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My Life Resume
(Nothing To Do With My Work Resume) A few years ago, I quit my job and intentionally took some time off work. I didn’t have a timeframe in mind for how long I would be unemployed, but it ended up being six months. So it was that in that spring and early summer of that…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…