CamelBlog https://camelblog.com quips, queries, rants, bitcheries Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:20:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 https://camelblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/favicon.ico CamelBlog https://camelblog.com 32 32 7249450 On Being Desi https://camelblog.com/on-being-desi/ https://camelblog.com/on-being-desi/#respond Mon, 03 Apr 2023 22:28:27 +0000 https://camelblog.com/?p=3067 In the last 10 months I have found myself doing a lot of South Asian work. The only other time I worked on a South Asian piece was in 2013...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/on-being-desi/feed/ 0 3067 What America Means to Me https://camelblog.com/what-america-means-to-me/ https://camelblog.com/what-america-means-to-me/#respond Sun, 15 Nov 2020 00:52:29 +0000 https://camelblog.com/?p=3036 It's a dangerous myth, one still peddled across the world, and it's a myth that is a terrible lie. I know that is implied in the word 'myth', but a myth relies on faith and belief and once disproved it becomes that heinous thing: a lie.

And America is a lie.

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]]> https://camelblog.com/what-america-means-to-me/feed/ 0 3036 What’s in a Name. https://camelblog.com/whats-in-a-name/ https://camelblog.com/whats-in-a-name/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:49:11 +0000 https://camelblog.com/?p=3028 A few years ago, while I was living and working in London, I wrote a short play for the Old Red Lion Theatre called ‘A is for Ali’. It was...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/whats-in-a-name/feed/ 2 3028 They Spat in Her Face and I Did Nothing https://camelblog.com/they-spat-in-her-face-and-i-did-nothing/ https://camelblog.com/they-spat-in-her-face-and-i-did-nothing/#respond Sat, 30 May 2020 17:41:21 +0000 https://camelblog.com/?p=3022 My first week in America I was called a ‘Sand Jockey’, a ‘Camel Rider’, and a ‘Sand Nigger’. I was 12. I was a freshman in high school. I had...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/the-writers-prerogative/feed/ 0 3016 Giving Thanks to Historical Realities https://camelblog.com/giving-thanks-to-historical-realities/ https://camelblog.com/giving-thanks-to-historical-realities/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:55:30 +0000 https://camelblog.com/?p=3007 You don’t need to wish me a Happy Thanksgiving. I don’t celebrate the holiday. Not for the last two years, at least. Perhaps I would feel differently about the day...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/giving-thanks-to-historical-realities/feed/ 1 3007 Between the Future & Memory https://camelblog.com/between-the-future-memory/ https://camelblog.com/between-the-future-memory/#comments Mon, 25 Nov 2019 22:03:00 +0000 https://camelblog.com/?p=2989 As I begin to find my writing legs again, and attempt to write more thoughtful and op-ed style pieces on this blog and beyond, I wanted to start with something...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/between-the-future-memory/feed/ 1 2989 To Londinium… https://camelblog.com/to-londinium/ https://camelblog.com/to-londinium/#respond Thu, 17 May 2018 13:41:41 +0000 http://camelblog.com/?p=2860 I’ve been thinking a lot about what I would say as I leave London. A record of my thoughts moreso for me to reflect on when things get tough again...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/to-londinium/feed/ 0 2860 Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 6 – Take me to the Water https://camelblog.com/brown-in-beirut-back2roots-day-6-take-me-to-the-water/ https://camelblog.com/brown-in-beirut-back2roots-day-6-take-me-to-the-water/#respond Fri, 22 Sep 2017 18:46:25 +0000 http://camelblog.com/?p=2827 Three things in nature have a tendency to reset my brain: Walking along the coast of an ocean (preferably with my feet being kissed by the ebbing waves). A thunderstorm...

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]]> https://camelblog.com/brown-in-beirut-back2roots-day-6-take-me-to-the-water/feed/ 0 2827 Brown in Beirut: Back2Roots – Day 5 – In the Ghetto https://camelblog.com/brown-in-beirut-back2roots-day-5-in-the-ghetto/ https://camelblog.com/brown-in-beirut-back2roots-day-5-in-the-ghetto/#respond Thu, 21 Sep 2017 20:36:11 +0000 http://camelblog.com/?p=2765 I smell like basterma. More on that later. You will notice there was no update for Day 4. And there shan’t be. The city took it’s toll on me and...

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