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  • 13 Aug 2022

    The Graph of a Cry

    The Graph of a Cry

    My dissertation is available as a book for academics, libraries, and those who are interested to read more about the phenomenal journey of the American ghazal. This dissertation analyzes the journey of the ancient Arabic poetic form of the ghazal to America to provide insights into transnational poetry and cultural mobility. While the movement of […]

  • 22 Sep 2021

    Intersectionality and Film at the Filmacademie

    Intersectionality and Film at the Filmacademie

    Almost every year I get to work with the vibrant students of the Filmacademie. An opportunity that I greatly look forward to as it always leads to powerful conversations in which I get to learn just as much as the students. The diversity and inclusion workshop involves the theory of Intersectionality and unpacking films and […]

  • 10 Jan 2021

    Museum VoorLinden in a weird year

    Museum VoorLinden in a weird year

    In the summer 2020, we took some time off to go visit spaces that resonated our inner landscape. It was a beautiful time for innovation, but mostly there was devastation followed by a constant creeping feeling of calamity. When my friend Marrije suggested that a visit to the Museum Voorlinden is a must. I took […]

  • 8 Dec 2020

    If I Am Tired, I Will Rest

    If I Am Tired, I Will Rest

    The kingdom of heaven — whatever that place is to you — does not care about how many books you have published nor how many emails you have answered. Just imagine dying without truly understanding just how many shades of blue the sky contains? Source: If I Am Tired, I Will Rest By: Lisa Marie Basile […]

  • 28 Oct 2020

    Plowing through Anxiety

    Plowing through Anxiety

    Dr. Olivia Remes says that if you want to accomplish things despite your anxiety, follow these three principles: Anything worth doing is worth doing badly the first time (G.K. Chesterton) Forgive yourself Have a purpose – do something with someone else in mind. As I talk to teachers and students who are struggling with the […]

  • 31 May 2020

    What to make of this summer?

    What to make of this summer?

    The Woman Who Turned Down a Date with a Cherry Farmer BY AIMEE NEZHUKUMATATHIL Fredonia, NY Of course I regret it. I mean there I was under umbrellas of fruitso red they had to be borne of Summer, and no other season. Flip-flops and fishhooks. Ice cubes made of lemonade and sprigs of mint to slip in blue glasses of […]

  • 23 May 2020

    The Art of Food: Sazanka Throwback

    The Art of Food: Sazanka Throwback

    A long overdue post, memories of my 41st birthday, celebrated at the very special Sazanka, Okura. Merely selecting and editing the pictures for this post left me with a warm fuzzy feeling.

  • 29 Apr 2020

    My Transcendental Truth

    My Transcendental Truth

    Having recently given a guest lecture in Dr. Laura Rupp’s class on Translanguaging and Transnationalism, my mind kept going back to this old poem I had written: To tell you the truth Upon walking into an airport My body somehow becomes a machine Mechanical with nuts and bolts A system I cyclically follow My head […]

  • 11 Apr 2020

    Nailing my vulnerabilities, #intelligentlockdownblog

    Nailing my vulnerabilities, #intelligentlockdownblog

    Ok so let me go right ahead and let the world know about my little vulnerabilities. Everyone I know knows (you know) that I have epic perfect nails that I am very finicky about. I have been getting them professionally done for the last ten years or so. Usually, I tell people I have bad […]

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