blog posts

• lessons learned from a life less travelled in lockdown BristolSeptember 17, 2020
  It’s over. It’s not over. i left Bristol last week and i cried when i said goodbye to my housemate and the dog in anticipation of the separation anxiety that will ensue without the latter bounding into my room every morning to lick my face. After seven long months of lockdown and the aftermath inContinue reading “lessons learned from a life less travelled in lockdown Bristol”
• Ya Beirut ya haramAugust 6, 2020
  My friend texts me on Tuesday evening: there’s been an explosion in Beirut, and I quickly look up the news to see what happened. I think immediately of a violent attack – a sectarian bomb, hitting the country already on its knees in economic collapse, seeking to take advantage of the corona-caused pause in theContinue reading “Ya Beirut ya haram”
• cycling to cologneAugust 4, 2020
  Two weeks ago I decided to cycle to Cologne to see some friends. I wanted to escape boris-land for a time, and was curious how fast I could do the 730-ish km route. I had cycled to Cologne on the way to Turkey in 2017 and remember that I was too scared to wild campContinue reading “cycling to cologne”