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Originally posted on Love, InshAllah: A “Wasat Girl” embraces being in-between multiple cultures, because this transcultured space is globalism living out loud. It was where culture happens, the place of power, that middle space – “wasat” culture. Being a wasat girl is a cultural force, but there is a unique type of Third Space reserved for…
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Originally posted on Love, InshAllah: A Man Who Washes Dishes I love a man who clears my table I love a man who knows how to use a wire scouring brush on my pots till they sparkle so He brings out my shine I love a man who washes my dishes, making small soapy circles…
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This is a true story. A psychic-vampire friend, someone who has been on TV more than once or twice, personally delivered a magical ritual to help sever my romantic attachment to a doomed, failed affair. You do understand, of course, that these rituals aren’t really magical except in the sheer will that we put in
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Baku, Azerbaijan Every morning during my time in Baku, my step kids, two out of five that I would eventually raise during my twelve-year marriage, walked four blocks to the corner bakery and bought fresh bread, kleb, a large, heavy whole-wheat loaf of chewy denseness. Fresh bread was a sacred rite in this part of
Deonna Kelli Sayed 