The Shortest Interview EverشاميLevantine سهلEasy11 January 2026يناير · 77 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةI had an interview – it didn’t go as planned.Work-and-Career Daily-Life Job-Search Job-Interview
InsomniaشاميLevantine سهلEasy6 January 2026يناير · 187 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةHalf an hour of sleep, a coughing kid with pneumonia, and a morning running on fumes.Daily-Life Health Family Shami Arabic Expressions & Proverbs Idioms Insomnia No-Sleep Sick-Kid Pneumonia Parenting Exhaustion Late-Night Arabic-Practice Complaining
A New Year BeginsشاميLevantine سهلEasy1 January 2026يناير · 274 wordsكلمة · 2 min readدقيقة قراءةNew year starts with a stomach bug and a birthday IOU I still need to make good on.Daily-Life Family Shami Arabic Expressions & Proverbs Idioms New-Year Birthday Spouse Stomach-Bug Make-Up-Celebration
A Fast Day Without FastingشاميLevantine سهلEasy30 December 2025ديسمبر · 120 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةJewish fast day arrives, but a stomach bug keeps me sprinting to the bathroom instead of fasting.Faith-Culture Daily-Life Fast-Day Jewish-Calendar Jewish-Fasting Stomach-Bug Sick-Day
Soul Tracks for Heavy MorningsشاميLevantine متوسطIntermediate29 December 2025ديسمبر · 101 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةA post about hauling myself out of bed and letting a soul playlist brighten a dark winter morning.Daily-Life Art-Media Soul-Music Morning-Routine Music Mood-Boost Parenting Spotify-Playlist Levantine-Arabic
On Time to Shul, Asleep by TwoشاميLevantine سهلEasy24 December 2025ديسمبر · 75 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةMade it to shul on time after being sick, then crashed in a 2 pm nap—need a better rhythm.Daily-Life Faith-Culture Morning-Routine Early-Rising Synagogue Prayer Recovery Afternoon-Nap Sleep-Rhythm
The Last Day of HanukkahشاميLevantine متوسطIntermediate22 December 2025ديسمبر · 31 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةClosing out Zot Hanukkah with prayers for healing at Rachel’s Tomb.Daily-Life Faith-Culture Hanukkah Zot-Hanukkah Jewish-Holidays Rachels-Tomb Prayer Healing
Interview Morning, First Hanukkah Candle TonightشاميLevantine متوسطIntermediate14 December 2025ديسمبر · 92 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةInterviewed in Tel Aviv and heading home to light the first Hanukkah candle tonight.Work-and-Career Faith-Culture Daily-Life Job-Search Job-Interview Tel-Aviv-Commute Train-Writing Hanukkah Jewish-Holidays
Rainy DaysشاميLevantine سهلEasy11 December 2025ديسمبر · 72 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةA rainy day in December.Daily-Life Winter-Rain Gloomy-Weather Cozy-Home Hot-Coffee Mood-Check Vocab-Notes
Don't PanicشاميLevantine متوسطIntermediate9 December 2025ديسمبر · 47 wordsكلمة · 1 min readدقيقة قراءةSome good advice from Douglas AdamsLanguage-Learning Daily-Life Shami-Arabic Daily-Reflection Vocabulary Grammar Ipa Dialect-Notes