Tag: tabula rasa

Stories from a Tunisian women’s prison

Last year, I had the opportunity to visit the women’s section in Harboub, a notorious Tunisian prison and I was able to talk to some of the women there. I left with more questions than answers. Harbou ..

Dance of the Red Moon

We are your children. Our birth was not a rotting of your intestines. We erred not to heed your advice. We roamed the bewitched streets like fat city rats. We search for your smile in the dark forest. ..

The Lightbulb and the Loss

“Look around you at a world that has changed, you’re aging and wasting energy. It is better for you to hurry up and die!” snapped Fluorescent and LED. “I’m more than a string of incandescent lamps on ..

Arab leaders, what do you want?

You want it all. You want nothing, You want to brandish authority without legitimacy, elections without accountability, Sing the merits of citizenship without citizens, Praise civil society without th ..

Tabula Rasa

not to crumple it up and stuff it into a pocket or drawer, but actually to share it. sometimes, that is the idea behind writing. blank paper. how easy, a pastime filling up empty sheets of it, lined o ..

Mystic Queen

Mystic Queen is a rock band born in Cadiz (south Spain) around 2013. In their style come together influences of prog-rock, psychedelia, jazz and funk. Each one of the components have different musical ..

Lullaby

O my boy, Don’t cry if Today is hard On you. O my boy don’t you cry, For you will see my boy, O my boy you will see, That Tomorrow; O my sweet boy; Will be ten times harder. ..