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the hammam after the breakup
The break up was brutal. We argued in Porto and left the relationship on unstable ground. I wept, tears stained his shirt, as we hugged goodbye while the taxi waited to take me to the airport. I was going to Morocco to meet my mother for the holiday. The flight was an hour and a…
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versions of selves
I am fascinated by the different versions of our selves that emerge in response to our environments or relationships. When I was 15, my family spent the summer in Israel. It was a beautiful time that came to be one of the most formative experiences of my life. I opened my heart fully to family…
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big desert magic
Travel allows you to leave behind the version of yourself that is burdened by the minutiae of daily life. Under the penalty of missed opportunities, you embrace discomfort in ways you wouldn’t have considered in the cozy shelter of normal life. You take bold chances and dance under moonlight and allow yourself to be vulnerable,…
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putting it out there
I need to put something out there into the world. Anything. Nothing will ever feel good enough and I have far too many unfinished drafts gathering dust so I just have to do it. Even if it’s only a declaration, a public promise to myself that I am brave enough. My worry now is that…
nathalie shushan 