memories

Hindsight

Photography

I miss the view from my parents’ rooftop.

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The Tree of Life

Film

The Tree of Life restored my faith in a cinema that transcends entertainment.

Note to Self

Dubai

This isn’t my journal so this isn’t an entry. Just a smattering of random thoughts scribbled at a cafe. Merkaz to be exact. Dubai to be precise. One month in.

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“It was nonsense…” a phrase we often use to disparage a film we’ve had to sit through for one reason or another. We spit out the words vindictively, and with great relish, to berate the work in a vain attempt to distance ourselves from it, to somehow brush off the experience like some humiliating dandruff. It was nonsense. […]

Disposable

Beirut

I shoot a roll of film, develop it, display some prints on my wall, file away others in a drawer, and throw away the rest. I live moments, they leave traces in my mind, I share some of them, keep others to myself, and forget the rest.

Bubble

Children

A child sits at the doorstep of her house with a can of soap in her hand. She’s happy but bored, so she puts the can to her lips and blows.