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Being called home
What is it about motherhood that makes you want to commune with your ancestors?
Jul 3
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Noha Beshir
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I could have quit but I didn't (on failing and showing up anyway)
How it's going: June 2025
Jun 24
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Noha Beshir
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I could have quit but I didn't (on failing and showing up anyway)
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17 Years later, I found myself following The Artist's Way
Unfinished letter #26 (It's the inner work, stupid).
Jun 17
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Noha Beshir
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The Muslim Men I Know
Nov 5, 2024
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Noha Beshir
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Why I can't go back to where I came from
May 28, 2024
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Noha Beshir
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To be a Gazan during Ramadan
Mar 5, 2024
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Noha Beshir
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To the Dem supporters asking if we're happy now...
Feb 11
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Noha Beshir
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I'm done being demonized
Feb 4
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Noha Beshir
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Why I won't call him Mo: thoughts on soccer star Mohamed Salah and the most common name in the world
Aug 6, 2024
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Noha Beshir
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“I'm learning so much from Noha's reflections–she’s funny, relatable, and offers a perspective on life that has expanded my worldview. I come to her writings and feel welcomed.”
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17 Years later, I found myself following The Artist's Way
Unfinished letter #26 (It's the inner work, stupid).
Jun 17
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Noha Beshir
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Names, a Segmented Essay from WAYF Journal
Unfinished letter #25
Jun 3
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Noha Beshir
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It turns out I AM cool. Now I just have to convince myself.
Unfinished letter #23
May 13
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Noha Beshir
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It turns out I AM cool. Now I just have to convince myself.
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I'm over representation politics (and you should be too)
Unfinished letter #24
Apr 29
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Noha Beshir
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I'm over representation politics (and you should be too)
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Gaza
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"Yesterday, a child came into this world, and the world rejected her"
It has been 74 days since Israel started blocking all supplies from entering Gaza.
May 15
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Noha Beshir
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"Yesterday, a child came into this world, and the world rejected her"
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Unpacking Allahu Akbar, beyond the Hollywood hype
A (second) guide to Muslim vernacular
Apr 8
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Noha Beshir
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Gaza ... fasting
The second Ramadan of the livestreamed genocide, a round up
Mar 11
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Noha Beshir
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To the Dem supporters asking if we're happy now...
A thought experiment
Feb 11
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Noha Beshir
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Poetry
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Morning pages
a poem about anger
May 27
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Noha Beshir
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Gaza ... fasting
The second Ramadan of the livestreamed genocide, a round up
Mar 11
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Noha Beshir
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What is enough?
unfinished letter # 20
Mar 4
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Noha Beshir
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The luxury of the common cold
This week I thought I’d bring you a poem I wrote a couple of months ago when I was sick.
Nov 19, 2024
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Noha Beshir
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I have these memories
Today Mama and I stood at the kitchen stove, talking for hours while we took turns stirring the lentil soup, chopping and steaming and mashing carrots…
Jun 10
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Noha Beshir
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"Every step we take forward will illuminate our path a little more"
essayist & poet Noha Beshir on writing despite the chaos of life, the power of her Islamic meditation and mindfulness practices, and just starting…
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Jun 5
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Names, a Segmented Essay from WAYF Journal
Unfinished letter #25
Jun 3
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Noha Beshir
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Morning pages
a poem about anger
May 27
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Noha Beshir
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How It's Going: May 2025
A monthly update & round-up
May 20
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Noha Beshir
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How It's Going: May 2025
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"Yesterday, a child came into this world, and the world rejected her"
It has been 74 days since Israel started blocking all supplies from entering Gaza.
May 15
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Noha Beshir
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