
Nina and Marie, Studio Photo London, Cairo, circa 1920s. Courtesy of Sherif Boraie
تضحيات
أعزائي
كنت واعية لكل ما يدور
دجاجة ذبيحة بين أقدامكم
أحس سخونة النزيف
دون أن أعرف مَن طَعَن.
Nina and Marie, Studio Photo London, Cairo, circa 1920s. Courtesy of Sherif Boraie
By Youssef Rakha
Lovell’s Montreal Directory Map by Charles E Goad, 1898-9. Source: gs.library.mcgill.ca
Anna Boyiazis, from “Finding Freedom in the Water”, Zanizibar, 2018. Source: lifestyle.luxusni-bydleni-praha.com
Tremolo Provocateur
untuned time
those improvised lines
unearthed tragedies
awaited
agency is someone else’s fortune
when all they see
genres of what we be
عيون ترسم واقعا لتلوم ما لم يكن
ويغدو الآخر في خيال مقتبس
Marc Chagall, L’anniversaire. Source: nssmag.com
Hiroshige Utagawa, Titmouse and Camellias (right), Sparrow and Wild Roses (center), and Black-naped Oriole and Cherry Blossoms (left), 1833. Source: ukiyo-e.org
Baroness Fabienne-Claire Nothomb (Amelie Nothomb) by Marianne Rosenstiehl. Source: rusoch.fr
Ṣūrat al-Arḍ (Picture of the World) from an abbreviated copy of al-Iṣṭakhrī’s Kitāb al-masālik wa-al-mamālik (Book of Routes and Realms). Source: ottomanhistorypodcast.com
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Ferdinando Scianna, Stockholm, 1994. Source: magnumphotos.com