Elbow Symmetry

Roaming freelance writer: mostly Egypt, some Sudan, and a bit of Americana and Pakistan. Fond of Arabic dialects, Urdu slang, bubble tea, and good taxi driver conversations.

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chinaid water taps // maridi // south sudan 

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Hearts and Minds

CHINAid Water Taps and USAID Power Lines

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practicing with power lines // maridi // south sudan 

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nuns // yambio // south sudan

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mosque // yambio // south sudan

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zalabia aka delicious fried doughballs // yambio // south sudan 

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daily commute in ferngully // nzara // south sudan

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The Pineapple Dispatch

Hiccups resolved, our wonky-eyed, tender hearted, curmudgeony security officer waves us to the road leading west. Always west. Jostled human cargo, I wave back from in between coolers of Ugandan sa...

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fruit + vegetable market // yambio // south sudan

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keep yambio clean // yambio // south sudan

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gurdwara + masjid // lahore // pakistan

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whatchustarinat: rickshaws // lahore // pakistan

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The Last Stand

"There's no way so many Pakistanis are going to Ethiopia," circles round and round on the merry-go-round in my head. 1:30am at the Dubai airport and a herd of bearded, mustached, and clean-shaven Pakistani...

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school boys in town // kassala // sudan

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The Traffic Ballerina

1, 2, 3 step / 1, 2, 3 step / turn / pivot / turn 

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eritrean tea lady // kassala // sudan

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jabana // kassala // sudan