Shyma

🌵|♌️ sorry you can’t read this book

[alshaimae]

Every time i go to pick up an official paper, i already know i’m about to experience a new identity crisis;

university administration? wrong spelling

translator’s office? congratulations apparently i was born in three different countries

hospital? suddenly my name has accents.. extra letters

Every office decides to freestyle it into chayma, chaimae, chaina, chaïma..

And THEN we start the nationality/birthplace where I have to explain;

‘no, i’m Algerian’

‘yes, i was born in Tunisia’

‘no, that does not magically make me Tunisian’

‘and no, i was not born in Algeria either because my own paper literally says Tunisia’

Genuinely… i don’t understand why nobody can just copy and paste the information EXACTLY as it is. like is it actually that difficult 😭 why are we all making this harder than it needs to be? you’re stressing me out and somehow creating extra work for yourselves too..

Is it a fvcking curse? Bcuz this problem is following me everywhere…:'(

[alshaimae]

Spills, mess, whatever… we still make good coffee

[alshaimae]

— Kyoto, ‘98

in my head, its late night, soft shadows, everything a little blurred.

strange how a moment can belong to a place you’ve never been, but somehow feels like it remembers you.

I drift there for a moment and honestly, i don’t mind staying.

[alshaimae]

Valencia, Spain ‘90

[04k96]

Via

[alshaimae]

[lustingupon]

[lustingupon]

[alshaimae]

Not gonna lie, i never want to experience a year like this again!

[alshaimae]

Stop your crying baby, it will be alright

[alshaimae]

I can tolerate many things in this life,

But iced latte?

[anmehe]

Mark Fox

[alshaimae]

I want this in my future house

[alshaimae]

trust me, you’ll never get to see the real version

[alshaimae]

[alshaimae]

[alshaimae]

[alshaimae]

5 Juillet 1962 à la mémoire de toutes les femmes et tous les hommes qui ont sacrifié leur vie pour la liberté et la dignité de leurs descendants.

Vive l’Algérie libre!