Redefinition.
Everyone always asks me how I feel, and I always tell everyone I’m … “OK”. And for the first time, I’m not lying. I’m just scared. Scared...
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dearabi
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Apples and Trees.
A friend of mine started sharing random videos of cute babies doing cute things after she realized I held the same affinity for them....
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dearabi
Jun 12, 20202 min read
QuaranTime.
It is now officially Day 40 of shelter in place (SIP), although technically Day 48 for me. I suppose it’s now appropriate to call...
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dearabi
Jun 9, 20202 min read
Day 68 – The Isolation Journals: The Unlearning
Your prompt for today: Reflect on the first time you became aware of race—either yours or someone else’s. What meaning did you make of it...
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dearabi
May 31, 20201 min read
Untitled
Dear Black Kings and Queens, I feel unqualified to write anything, but how can I NOT write something? For now, I just want you to know...
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dearabi
May 28, 20202 min read
Feel Me.
I used to pride myself in being able to write what other people felt or thought, but could never quite articulate. I struggled for a...
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dearabi
May 26, 20201 min read
Murder She Wrote.
She is a writer and she is a warrior. Carrying a machete full of metaphors and shield of similes. With her pen, she can blow minds and...
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dearabi
May 23, 20206 min read
How A 3-Day Juice Cleanse Landed Me in the ER.
After eating a dozen cookies and having a conversation with my friend about eating the dozen cookies, she gave me the “great” idea to go...
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dearabi
May 7, 20202 min read
a day like today.
some days it’s no snooze button and not being distracted during meditation. it’s a matching yoga outfit and hitting every pose. it’s a...
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dearabi
Apr 25, 20202 min read
Shelter in Guilt.
One of my biggest regrets in life – yes, even more than answering a certain phone call or returning that text, is credit card debt. It...
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dearabi
Apr 19, 20204 min read
Skin QuranRoutine.
You guys. This will probably jinx me with three huge zits on my chin tomorrow morning, but dare I say it? My skin has been better than...
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dearabi
Apr 18, 20205 min read
All Because of Rice.
I had a moment as I was cleaning rice today. I felt the grains slip between my fingers, saw the water turn a milky grey and thought about...
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dearabi
Apr 14, 20202 min read
Shit Bitches Love Quarantine Edition IX
I’ve documented the shit that bitches love for the past few years. Just as the tides change, seasons change and what we love changes...
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dearabi
Apr 3, 20202 min read
The Isolation Journals – Day 2: Nora McInerny
I am now on Day 26 of sheltering in place. My household started a week before it became official, and the cabin fever has finally settled...
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dearabi
Apr 2, 20202 min read
The Isolation Journals – Day 1: Suleika Jaouad
Dear Simone, I always wanted a boy. I think I turned out pretty fucking awesome, but God forbid I have me another one of me. I’ve always...
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dearabi
Mar 29, 20202 min read
Anxiety.
we met in the only childhood room I ever had to myself. Teddy-bears and other stuffed animals danced above my head, and Luther...
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dearabi
Mar 27, 20201 min read
Happy, Hurting, Healing.
I am happy. Because I have grown. Because I have meditated. Because I have loved. Because I have lost. I am hurting. Because I have...
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dearabi
Mar 22, 20202 min read
Dear Simone.
Dear Simone, I’ve been dying to tell you how you’ve changed my life before even having life. How your eyes light up an entire universe...
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dearabi
Mar 19, 20203 min read
March Madness.
Day 1. I never thought that I’d be writing a blog from my living room due to a “shelter in place” law prompted by a pandemic known as the...
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dearabi
Mar 17, 20202 min read
So Close, Yet So Far.
Day 1 of the official shelter-in-place policy is almost in the books, but the truth is I’ve been social distancing since the first week...
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