Reviews

Big Little Fights

Big Little Fights

197

I once lived next to a cool kid of Nairobi. I had turned 40, and a few years prior, I had swung the steering wheel of my life sharply, sending it in a direction I wasn’t fully in control …

Books

Books

30

I went because I had already bought the ticket (18 Euros). Plus, I was sure some people would have made me feel lousy if I didn’t. “You went to Amsterdam and didn’t visit the Van Gogh museum?!” You know

Goodbye 2017

Goodbye 2017

15

I didn’t post anything last week because I was thinking. I was seated at my desk at home, leaning all the way back in my chair and staring out the window dreamily. I have a massive wall to wall …

The Good Life

The Good Life

33

“He’s rich and old,” I tell my friend Gina.

“You mean rich but old?” She asks from the carpet where she’s seated between my knees. I’m helping her undo her braids. She’s in this team natural group where they …

Suleiman’s Goat

16

I wake up very early on Sabbath. It’s quiet and drizzling lightly outside. Perfect morning; the phone isn’t ringing yet, the people on Whatsapp Groups who have an opinion on everything haven’t woken up yet, the neighbour who plays …