September 2024 I composed this editorial many times over in my head, but had trouble putting the words down. This text surmises months of thinking and of avoiding thinking. Under frameworks of Western social values, loss and grief are often siloed; only appropriate in certain circumstances. [1] Western mourning practices are marked by offering condolences, […]
18 August 2024 Dearest Zainab, As my sister Safa and I were rushing down Sydney Road — stuck behind the 19 tram in Brunswick — trying to make it to the last coffee shop open on a Sunday, she mentioned your cousin, Lina. How her visit in January felt like it had just happened, last […]