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Omar Imady
Dec 17, 20231 min read
Temaki Nights
You woke me up. You said you were invited to a voodoo dance, where you would be fed temaki and served saki in seaweed cones. You woke me...
Omar Imady
Dec 10, 20231 min read
Preparing for Ava
You were prepared — You had practised the moves, rehearsed the scene. First, you would offer to hang her coat. Then, invoke a resemblance...
Omar Imady
Dec 3, 20231 min read
Colliding genes
The genes — the pull of my grandfather’s train, the Missouri tracks and the dress she wore, his first love, as she lay barefoot on the...
Omar Imady
Nov 26, 20231 min read
The Fountain of Christ
As though to prove the gates are never quite completely sealed, the names never fully disclosed, I’m awakened at dawn and led to the...
Omar Imady
Sep 9, 20231 min read
Feminism in Contemporary Syria
It's an honour to be asked to speak in this seminar. This will be the first time I speak on issues related to Syria from the perspective...
Omar Imady
Sep 2, 20233 min read
Sufi Snakes and Ladders
“So, what are we playing?” “Snakes and Ladders. Don’t worry I’ll teach you.” “I know how to play, Şirin.” Şirin smiled. “Not this Snakes...
Omar Imady
Aug 26, 20231 min read
She Wears a Blue Headscarf
I dream it’s 2009 all over again. The year of Mowj-e-Sabz, the Green Wave that overwhelmed the streets of Iran and made me for once proud...
Omar Imady
Aug 19, 20235 min read
Mormon Coffee
“Did they tell you we were Mormon?” Rashid’s book now made sense. “Oliver belongs to the mainstream Church. But my faith would not be...
Omar Imady
Aug 12, 202314 min read
A Manual of Faith for the Ends of Time
An uncompromising monotheistic sensibility of the heart will rise in the third millennium as the spiritual bond of the global community...
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