Index

2026/Oct/25
in Current Events
3 min read

Attacks on my childhood home

The country I grew up in, Saudi Arabia, is being attacked by the Houthis in Yemen. I lived in the city of Al-Khobar mostly and literally down the street is the city of Dhahran, which now looks like this:

'Insert picture of Dhahran explosion here¹

This is what's happening in the capital city, Riyadh.

'Insert picture of Riyadh here²

So why is that instead of siding with the country that gave my family so much opportunity and provided inspiration for my novel "Under The Full and Crescent Moon" now available everywhere, am I siding with the people who are systematically dismantling it via explosions?

2026/Oct/18
in Book, Review
3 min read

Review of The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan

"The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan" by Salma Hussain (no relation), is a middle grade novel that is exactly what it says on the cover, it is, literally, the secret diary of Mona Hasan, a young girl going through a particularly important year of her life, namely 1991. So it's a period piece as well, from back before the days of the internet.

2026/Oct/7
in Palestine, Current Events
2 min read

Remembering Awni

Three years ago on October 7th 2023 the life of a young boy ended in Gaza. His name was Awni Eldous and the cause was a war-crime.

2026/Sep/27
in Book
3 min read

On Marketing

So I was incredibly blessed to have been traditionally published for my novel "Under The Full and Crescent Moon" last year and it's a speculative historical novel that follows a young woman defending her Muslim matriarchal society through her mastery of Islamic law, but one of the things that comes with being traditionally published is...

2026/Sep/24
in Book
2 min read

It was Yesterday!

Yesterday was the one year book anniversary of my novel "Under The Full and Crescent Moon" and I'm going to try and celebrate it by actually speaking about it for a change.

Because...

2026/Sep/21
in Current Events, Palestine
3 min read

The last line of defence

Ed Sheeran made a speech from the stage in Philadelphia on the 19th of September¹² on his beleaguered tour after getting criticized for dropping Macklemore as an opening act.

2026/Sep/17
in Current Events, Palestine
3 min read

A constant assault on reality

Pink, who is Jewish, on the 6th of September, amplified criticism of Macklemore for speaking out for Palestine on stage while opening for Ed Sheeran¹.

This went so badly for her that she had to...

2026/Aug/25
in Life
5 min read

Overthinking Exercise

As my family can tell you, I get overwhelmed easily. In fact I probably now exist in a permanent state of overwhelm.

And the prospect of exercising, which I desperately need to do as I age is incredibly overwhelming, as there are an infinite number of options on how to do this.

But I have a coping mechanism that keep me from freezing up and not doing anything new.

2026/Jul/17
in Canada, Current Events
3 min read

Carney tripling down, context included

So here on the 17th of July 2026 as the terrible war foisted on Iran by the United States of America threatens to spiral out of control, let's talk about how Canadian Prime Minister Carney has tripled down on approving of the horror.

2026/Jul/12
in Book
3 min read

Shiism in my novel.

I usually don't respond to reviews of my novel "Under The Full and Crescent Moon" but there was a review that made a very interesting point about my novel and I think it's appropriate to talk about it here in the last few days of Muhurram which is a very important time for me as a Shia Muslim.