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The Post-Colonial Kid
The Post-Colonial Kid
I was born in the 1990s, in Cairo of the 1990s. This means many things, but also very particular things. I grew up (upper) middle-class…
Salma Moustafa
Feb 26, 2020
A Case Against Books
A Case Against Books
A new resolution: read better and share my writing
Salma Moustafa
Jan 3, 2020
The Security Puzzl
The Security Puzzl
Growing up in an environment so overwhelming that the thought of a hobby seemed like a luxury, I now constantly fight off feelings of…
Salma Moustafa
Sep 8, 2019
The Pizza Box Debacle
The Pizza Box Debacle
The other day, I was looking through my Instagram feed and found myself stopping in front of a honey-paper wrapper-thing ad. I watched the…
Salma Moustafa
Aug 17, 2019
Is there a difference?
Is there a difference?
Why am I here?
Salma Moustafa
Jun 9, 2019
A reflection on Capernaum with Edwin Nasr’s Misery in Hindsight: On Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum
A reflection on Capernaum with Edwin Nasr’s Misery in Hindsight: On Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum
When I went to see Capernaum, halfway through the film I was struck with this terrible feeling. I remember it was the scene of Zein…
Salma Moustafa
May 21, 2019
The Importance of An Education
The Importance of An Education
in the world of racism and where you fall within it
Salma Moustafa
Apr 28, 2019
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