Yahia Lababidi
@ysl.bsky.social
Author of 🇵🇸 Palestine Wail, What Remains To Be Said & 11 other books : aphorisms, poetry, essays, and conversations.
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Exploring art, spirit, and conscience.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
👉 https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0042SRQWG
Exploring art, spirit, and conscience.
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
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Reviewing "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," Yahia Lababidi (@ysl.bsky.social) connects Mohsen Hamid's 2007 novel to Palestine, arguing that "the novel becomes an allegory for the gaze that decides who is seen, who is feared and who may speak."
The Mirror and the Empire: Reading “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” in the Age of Palestine
If we assume danger because a Pakistani man leans toward an American, the mirror condemns us. If we sense only the peril to Changez, we miss the shared vulnerability that binds the two men. The more g...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Reviewing "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," Yahia Lababidi (@ysl.bsky.social) connects Mohsen Hamid's 2007 novel to Palestine, arguing that "the novel becomes an allegory for the gaze that decides who is seen, who is feared and who may speak."
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
February 14, 2026 at 10:13 PM
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.
Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
February 14, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Patti Smith kissing the Palestinian flag on stage
February 14, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Patti Smith kissing the Palestinian flag on stage
It's not lovers who
compose poetry,
but Love.
compose poetry,
but Love.
February 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM
It's not lovers who
compose poetry,
but Love.
compose poetry,
but Love.
"Where there is love there is life."
— Gandhi
— Gandhi
February 14, 2026 at 7:46 PM
"Where there is love there is life."
— Gandhi
— Gandhi
Love is... the key for all stubborn locks.
February 14, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Love is... the key for all stubborn locks.
thinking of existence
as a great love story,
where every shy creature
or timid truth
longs to be courted...
as a great love story,
where every shy creature
or timid truth
longs to be courted...
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
thinking of existence
as a great love story,
where every shy creature
or timid truth
longs to be courted...
as a great love story,
where every shy creature
or timid truth
longs to be courted...
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
—WB Yeats
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
—WB Yeats
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
—WB Yeats
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
—WB Yeats
February 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
If Love were not
always a step ahead
how would it ensure
we kept up the chase?
always a step ahead
how would it ensure
we kept up the chase?
February 14, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If Love were not
always a step ahead
how would it ensure
we kept up the chase?
always a step ahead
how would it ensure
we kept up the chase?
For comic relief, an 1880's guide for kissing 🙃
February 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
For comic relief, an 1880's guide for kissing 🙃
#Free to Download:
#Poetry for #Palestine
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#Poetry for #Palestine
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February 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
#Free to Download:
#Poetry for #Palestine
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/02/13/p... #booksky #gaza #news
#Poetry for #Palestine
publishersforpalestine.org/2024/02/13/p... #booksky #gaza #news
After a cold spell, sun is out again...
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
After a cold spell, sun is out again...
If our hearts should harden
and turn to ice,
we must try, at least,
not to blame the weather.
#ValentinesDay #poetry
and turn to ice,
we must try, at least,
not to blame the weather.
#ValentinesDay #poetry
February 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
If our hearts should harden
and turn to ice,
we must try, at least,
not to blame the weather.
#ValentinesDay #poetry
and turn to ice,
we must try, at least,
not to blame the weather.
#ValentinesDay #poetry
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“When #writing aphorisms… seeing something and saying something happen at the same time.”
— @gearyjames.bsky.social , The World in a Phrase
#booksky #quote
— @gearyjames.bsky.social , The World in a Phrase
#booksky #quote
February 14, 2026 at 3:20 AM
“When #writing aphorisms… seeing something and saying something happen at the same time.”
— @gearyjames.bsky.social , The World in a Phrase
#booksky #quote
— @gearyjames.bsky.social , The World in a Phrase
#booksky #quote
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“Aphorists are far from harmless. They are troublemakers and iconoclasts, dogmatists whose majestic authority commands consent. They are, by definition, revolutionaries who hold their truths to be self-evident.”
— @gearyjames.bsky.social
#booksky
— @gearyjames.bsky.social
#booksky
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 AM
“Aphorists are far from harmless. They are troublemakers and iconoclasts, dogmatists whose majestic authority commands consent. They are, by definition, revolutionaries who hold their truths to be self-evident.”
— @gearyjames.bsky.social
#booksky
— @gearyjames.bsky.social
#booksky
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Do not judge God‘s world from your own. Trim your hedge as you wish and plant your flowers in the patterns you can understand, but do not judge the garden of nature from your little window-box.
— Lichtenberg
— Lichtenberg
February 14, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Do not judge God‘s world from your own. Trim your hedge as you wish and plant your flowers in the patterns you can understand, but do not judge the garden of nature from your little window-box.
— Lichtenberg
— Lichtenberg
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM