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What’s in a Name.

What’s in a Name.

America, Beirut, Family, Florida, Life in General, London, Middle East, New York City, Politics, Race, Theatre, Writing

A few years ago, while I was living and working in London, I wrote a short play for the Old Red Lion Theatre called ‘A is for Ali’. It was…

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Giving Thanks to Historical Realities

Giving Thanks to Historical Realities

America, Life in General, Memory, Politics, Religion, Thanksgiving

You don’t need to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving. I don’t celebrate the holiday. Not for the last two years, at least. Perhaps I would feel differently about the day…

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To Londinium…

To Londinium…

Life in General, London, New York City, Theatre

I’ve been thinking a lot about what I would say as I leave London. A record of my thoughts moreso for me to reflect on when things get tough again…

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Drink Up, Me Mate

Drink Up, Me Mate

Life in General, London

So it’s no big secret that I started drinking only about 5 years ago. I have never been drunk (despite what Stephanie Fox might say – ahem) and am still…

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Rain, Rain – Go the fuck away.

Rain, Rain – Go the fuck away.

Life in General, London

Yesterday was perhaps one of the most frustrating days of my life. Finding my way around London, in the rain, with an umbrella that might as well have been made…

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One Life to Live My Ass

Life in General

I am feeling inspired by an episode of MTV’s True Life that is playing in the background as I grade. It profiles a family in Louisiana – mostly the brood…

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Fuse Flippin’

Life in General, New York City

  My roommate, still job hunting two months into our move, was finally blessed with an interview and spent most of the day preening and polishing.  However, after two hours…

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Getting Water Hammered

Life in General, New York City

Natives of this concrete-washed paradise will often warn newcomers about the crime, the subway schedules, and the pervading smell of summer urine.  But the one thing that gets conveniently left…

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Outsource This

Life in General

I have officially spent 163 minutes – five phone calls combined – speaking with various Dell agents. Included in those minutes were 7 different transfers. And more than half of…

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Refugee. Immigrant. Polyglot. Wordsmith. Overwrought Playwright. Artist of Colour. Overly Educated. Underly paid. Challenging Dominant Culture Paradigms. Involuntary Nomad. Always Looking for ‘Home’. All Words My Own. All Thoughts My Own.  Smorgasbord of Logorrheic Madness.

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