Bisaraha
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate
أذنEAR TRAINING·
247 wordsكلمة
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2 min readدقيقة قراءة
A quick Levantine note on Ziad Rahbani’s “بصراحة” and why it became my current favorite.
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146 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
ChatGPT + Spotify made it too easy to spin up fresh playlists for my walks.
Soul Tracks for Heavy Mornings
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
122 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A post about hauling myself out of bed and letting a soul playlist brighten a dark winter morning.
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179 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Sketchbook pages and book illustrations from earlier seasons of my life—a small gallery of old drawings.
A Different Sound
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
173 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A small thought about change, choice, and the paths we take when we want something different.
The Fish-Tank Catastrophe
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
112 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
A Shami mini-story about our accidental fish-soup disaster and how the tank finally got replaced.
A Tale of Two Selfies
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate·
174 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Two photos. Seventeen years apart. Same face, different weather.
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125 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some confusing graffiti in Tel Aviv.
The Beginnings of My Levantine Playlist
شاميLevantine
متوسطIntermediate
أذنEAR TRAINING·
221 wordsكلمة
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2 min readدقيقة قراءة
Some music I’m enjoying right now, to train my ear for Levantine Arabic.
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94 wordsكلمة
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1 min readدقيقة قراءة
Discussing what kind of movies I like to watch.