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The Arabic keyboard kept slowing me down, so I built a Telegram bot to post Daily Derja by voice instead.

I baked a Hungarian Esterházy torte for my Hebrew birthday — meringue, custard, fondant — and what I’ll change before my civil birthday on July 5.

One year in — the dialect changed, the work changed, the Iran war from my first post hasn’t, and I’m still complaining. الحمد لله.

How do you say ’enough’ in Arabic? Kfāya (كفاية) — pronunciation, IPA, and real examples for stopping something, quantities, and daily life in Shami Arabic.

A cold shower in summer — because the solar water heater ran out. A short Shami story about Israeli logic that makes sense until it doesn’t.

Discovering Amharic music through an InterPals friendship — Teddy Afro felt too flashy, but Zeritu Kebede and Gigi hit different.

Learn the word for ’need’ or ‘reason’ in Shami Arabic (Da3i - داعي) with common daily life examples.

A friend of mine referred me to Eleven Labs. Maybe it will help handle a long-standing problem with haki.

How do you say ‘weak’ in Arabic? Da3if (ضعيف) — pronunciation, IPA, and real examples for people, objects, and arguments in Shami Arabic.

I built a Telegram bot to catch my passing thoughts, then made it gentler — guided by a Talmudic line about being a reed, not a cedar.