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Week 22: Publication week!
#TalkingAboutARevolution hitting your shelves... and reclaiming the narrative :D
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied | يا سمين
April 2022
October 2021
Week 43: #Oct30March, Sudan Coup.
The Sudanese people are out on the streets, once again, demanding a civilian government.
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September 2021
Week 38... On the other side
Today is the last official day of my writer's residency.
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April 2021
Week 14 - Changes (again)
What sitting on the border of the Seine made me feel about running.
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied | يا سمين
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March 2021
Week 12 - How do we own our own myth?
I truly didn't expect to write this today, but alas...
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied | يا سمين
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Week 11 - The Devil You Choose...
The search for the perfect place is doomed from the start, isn't it?
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Week 9 - Baby steps...
I did a truly brave thing this weekend. I went… to the hairdresser. Now, I can hear you thinking, ‘c’mon, Yassmin! We want more!’ I get it. You mightn’t…
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February 2021
Week 8 - What's in a language?
On Paris Living...
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied | يا سمين
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Week 7 - Change is a-coming...
Jumping back into the organising fray, and reorganising my life...
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Yassmin Abdel-Magied | يا سمين
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Week 5 - Celebrations amid the chaos
I'm so pleased, and so tired.
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January 2021
Week 4 - 2021 begins to settle in...
I chew on the implications of the Capitol storming, and what it means when we use the term 'oppressor'.
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