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Cosby Show, Perry Mason

What TV shows did you watch as a kid?

As a teen, I enjoyed the Cosby Show, as it represented North American society and its critique through character interactions. The fact that I was an immigrant and needed to learn how families functioned in this region so I could better integrate in a society that felt strange to me.  A few years later,I became interested in how law is perceived and applied in courts, so Perry Mason.

However,  as I became an adult, I learned that these shows were to promote a particular ideology,  rather than represent actual society.  I was duly disappointed with that realization.

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon.  It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

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Vacation!!!

I’m on vacation for the first time in almost 4 years. Finally, I’m visiting my hometown and feeling extremely emotional about uniting with family and friends. Covid created a social anxiety about connecting with people that it’s been over 3 years that I haven’t seen them, especially with me living across the ocean in Canada, and they live in Lebanon!

The best thing about visiting home is seeing those you’ve missed, and the difference in the city itself: new shops, restaurants, cafes and more. The beauty of the sea at sunset, smells, and sounds that I associate with home: blaring horns, nerve-racking breaking sounds, sirens, and gun shots.