Basil
Syrian guy in the US obsessed with history’s possibilities, who writes and occasionally does film stuff, translation stuff, and legal stuff
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| Issues | 7 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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APRIL DIGEST: Identity/Spite
In early April, I spent about two weeks riding the Amtrak from one city to the next on the east coast. The trip combined both of my favorite impulses behind travel: reuniting with the familiar & warm parts of my life that were out of immedi...
MARCH DIGEST PART II: A Review of "Defiance" by Loubna Mrie
(Note: this review is the second part of a reflection about sectarianism. I chose to publish it to my Substack as a discrete entry to give the book its due visibility and necessary attention, and my review of it the space it deserves. You c...
MARCH DIGEST PART I: Reflections on Sectarian Malignancy
A 2011 protest sign from Kafr Nabl, Idlib countryside, reading: “Down with the regime and the opposition… down with the Arab and Islamic Nation… down with the United Nations Security Council… down with the world… down with everything.”
“Ar...
FEBRUARY DIGEST: Mosque Hopping at 27
Taken by me on the first night of Ramadan right outside the mosque my family likes to pray in, about a 15 minute drive away from our house.
As I write this life update, the Middle East is embroiled in a regional war that threatens to resha...
JANUARY DIGEST PART I: Bonds Troubled & Renewed
January has proven eventful, interpersonally and internationally. In the US, we had the brutal murders of Nicole Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of the state sanctioned militia branded ICE. In Syria, we had clashes between the transitiona...
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