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My Darcy
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Baraka wrote 2 weeks ago: Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice showcases the handsome and wealthy but also proud and aloof … more »
Testing Converts
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Baraka wrote 3 weeks ago: I don’t expect anyone to believe straight off the bat that Basil didn’t convert to Islam for me. … more »
Belief
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Baraka wrote 1 month ago: I’ve known “Axx” since 1991, he was one of the first people I met at college. I had just been … more »
Takk
wins wrote 1 month ago: The one music artist i never seem to mention is also from Iceland — another reason why I love … more »
Veneer
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Baraka wrote 1 month ago: My family is unfailingly polite. My sisters, during labor, continued saying “please” and … more »
Rusty Christ
Rusty wrote 1 month ago: I was Jesus. Well, not exactly. I was some sort of fake Jesus operating in Mexico. I was in a small … more »
Cheveux
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Baraka wrote 1 month ago: A rural Purelander lass When you have an autoimmune disease that severely limits energy and movement … more »
Ramayana Monkey Chant
chamithb wrote 1 month ago: Kecak is a form of Balinese music drama, originated in the 1930s and is performed by men. It is all … more »
Chronos revisited
Rusty wrote 1 month ago: I am travelling through many places all around the world very quickly ( flying/teleportation ). I fi … more »
The Departed
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Baraka wrote 1 month ago: I measure absences in the limbs of growing children. Somewhere along the way, departing friends, lov … more »
Soulshapes
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Baraka wrote 2 months ago: Image source Ink in water becomes shapes it never dreamed of on paper. What might your soul become w … more »
Delicious Desi Aunties
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Baraka wrote 2 months ago: Madhubala I will never have a washboard-flat stomach no matter how many sit-ups I do. And these hip … more »
retread| The Unbearable Lightness
EDITOR wrote 2 months ago: Retreads are quality posts from yesterweeks that are given a second run on Fridays. This piece was … more »
Drink Me
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Baraka wrote 2 months ago: This time she found a little bottle on it, (”which certainly was not here before,” said Alice,) … more »
Magic Khalas
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Baraka wrote 2 months ago: My youngest Khala (maternal aunt), who is only twelve years older than me, is visiting us right now. … more »
Circles of Women
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Baraka wrote 2 months ago: [Photo by the great Pakistani photographer F. E. Choudhry, Lahore, circa 1950s. HT: ATP] Before we … more »
Dhikr Beach
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Baraka wrote 3 months ago: [Photo by Baraka] March 13, 2005 I spent the weekend with a bunch of Muzzies. My father has a cond … more »
Question of the Week: Memories
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SA'ILA wrote 3 months ago: My childhood memories are so vivid that when I close my eyes, I taste them writes Baraka. As we grow … more »
Morphine
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Baraka wrote 3 months ago: This piece was written in February 2003, in the aftermath of my first spinal exacerbation that paral … more »
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