In this short story, I imagine a city where the sea dissappears and the Sultan pilots a holographic shore with Huawei. Published in The White Review.
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Publications
In this short story, I imagine a city where the sea dissappears and the Sultan pilots a holographic shore with Huawei. Published in The White Review.
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In this article, I discuss three cases of disappearance in short stories by Jorge Luis Borges, Alice Munro, and Danial Haghighi, and how the authors use the duality of presence and absence to explore the psychology of those who go and those who stay. Published in Asymptote Journal.
In this short story, a man leaves his home in Beirut after two years of isolation—arriving to a mystical encounter. Published with The Markaz Review.
This short story is a coming of age tale about two teenagers who meet while playing Counter Strike at an internet cafe in Beirut. It’s an exploration of a divided society through the eyes of two boys. Published in The Markaz Review.
In this short story I imagine a researcher arriving to the fictious Arab city of Multaqa and learning about an AI-run book censorship system. Published in The Bombay Review.
Part interview, part review, in this piece I examine a short film by Lebanese filmmaker and artist, Nadim Choufi. It’s a conversation on extinction anxieties, technology invested in corporate profit, and future energy systems. Published in Bomb Magazine.
In this interview with Sara Salem, a.k.a Radical Reading, I discuss the politics and art of reading. Published in Asymptote Journal.
In this interview with Franco-Palestinian author Karim Kattan, I discuss the politics and craft of writing. Published in Asymptote Journal.
In this essay, I reflect on the 20 year anniversary of Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love. Published in Hyperallergic.
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Here, I review the late Lebanese artist Huguette Caland’s groundbreaking work in her first solo show at the Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha. Published in Hyperallergic.
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