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Writing in the Margins

fiction, non-fiction, poetry from Haifa – living in a conflict zone, I mostly write fictionalized realities.

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stop policing my body

you will not drag my body through your – muddy dirty battlefield. you will not – dress me undress me police me. my body is not the battlefield for your morals – religious or secular. my morals reside in my heart my morals are – not hidden in the folds of my clothes (and just… Read More stop policing my body

August 26, 2016September 15, 2016 khulud khamis3 Comments

Who’s afraid of a woman in Hijab?

My fiction writing is based on reality, thus – fictionalized realities. The following fragment from “Taboos in Arabic,” the manuscript-in-progress, is based on actual incidents that happened during Israel’s military attack on Gaza in the Summer of 2014.   The whole country is on fire. And not because of the Tammuz heat. Another military attack… Read More Who’s afraid of a woman in Hijab?

March 5, 2016March 27, 2016 khulud khamisLeave a comment

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