404 but exists

The art of not making the list

Not mediocre. Worse. Forgettable.

May 1 • 404 but exists

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February 2026

A sky that cannot contain itself

The sky in that painting survives because it burns.

Feb 25 • 404 but exists

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September 2025

The myth of the peaceful victim

I do not want to “coexist” in peace and harmony with our oppressors. Not with mine, not with theirs, not with yours.

Sep 12, 2025 • 404 but exists

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My sun at sixty-four

The extraordinary ways my mother shaped my world.

Sep 8, 2025 • 404 but exists

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I won’t let complicity look me in the eye and hand me my degree

A personal account of navigating Western academia while confronting privilege, censorship, and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Sep 3, 2025 • 404 but exists

27

4

11

August 2025

What the morning anthem really taught us (school edition)

What it means to grow up Palestinian-Jordanian: identity layered in anthems, food, songs, and memory.

Aug 18, 2025 • 404 but exists

11

2

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The souvenirs I stole for myself

This is a raw collection of souvenirs I collected from Syria to Taiwan, from bustling cities to quiet corners.

Aug 16, 2025 • 404 but exists

7

3

1

Stop editing genocide

The quiet violence of language, the moral cost of euphemisms, and the sanitized language to protect the powerful while silencing grief and…

Aug 14, 2025 • 404 but exists

32

2

14

What you don’t get about why we stay

On the quiet arrogance of assuming escape is the only rational choice.

Aug 8, 2025 • 404 but exists

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14

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Perhaps we don’t want to be resilient anymore

Why people in the Global Majority deserve more than survival

Aug 4, 2025 • 404 but exists

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3

13

Palestine translated

“The opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself.”

Aug 2, 2025 • 404 but exists

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3

July 2025

My slacktivism is pacifying resistance

Note: this isn’t an analysis.

Jul 26, 2025 • 404 but exists

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