"An Inventory of Infinite Traces" Gramsci
The Difference Between Rubies and Pomegranates i. Heaven is at the instep of a mother’s foot sharing the few inches with home. The faint fragrance of blood thick when we are near. ii. When they tilted their heads back, their open mouths tasted water in the blue. At 18, they were all like this, a […]
MoreIn 2004, I was invited by visual artist, Chanika Svetvilas to include my story in her installation “Living American” for the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. She found a powder blue hard plastic suitcase, just like the one I remembered we came to America carrying. The installation was a collection of immigrant stories. Each suitcase […]
MoreThe 1958 Ford is contrasted with the Afghan horse & buggy. This came part of a catalog documenting a trip that began in Turkey and ended up in Afghanistan (and back as the ad says). The idea seems to be that if this car can drive in Afghanistan, then it can drive anywhere. I am […]
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Zohra Saed 