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New York Times/Sunday Times bestselling author of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi and The Daevabad Trilogy. No longer active here, please check Instagram
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THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI is now available! Pick up your copy at stores today or check out the link below to buy online:
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30 lead tablets, engraved with curses, that invoked the gods of the underworld in order to cause harm to others, have been discovered at the bottom of a 2,500 year old well in Athens.
#archaeology
#Greece
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I love the absolute dead-pan chapter titles of medieval Arabic works.
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Wait... am I correct in reading that YA Twitter basically ran a crowd-sourced investigation that took down a scam artist in like, 12 hours??
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I am DELIGHTED to finally share the cover for The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, the first book in my all new historical fantasy trilogy, coming this March!
Please go ahead and admire
@further_u
's beautiful art. It was an honor to have him put my characters in mortal peril.
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Every once in a while, I come across something in my research that I must share, which is why today I need to talk about Queen Arwa of Yemen, the most honorable lady of revenge served cold. A thread!
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I went to see the Royal Tombs of Ur exhibit at the Penn Museum and as promised, I have some photos to share.
First up, the star of the exhibit: the burial headdress and beaded cloak of Queen Puabi, an Akkadian/Sumerian royal from Ur, who died in about 2600 BCE
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It has come to my attention that not enough of you are familiar with the original story of “The City of Brass” from the 1001 Nights. This is awful. There are death-dealing statues and screaming jinn. Gather, dear ones, it’s story time.
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So that Daevabad news I was teasing the other day? Here it is 📺🔥
@edgarwright
@OrachaelO
Complete Fiction is developing three series for
@netflix
:
• 'Lockwood & Co' based on
@JonathanAStroud
's novels
•
@tadethompson
's 'The Murders Of Molly Southbourne'
•
@SAChakrabooks
' 'The City Of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy)'.
Read more:
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Caught my kid out of bed, hiding with a book where there was just enough light from the hallway to read...and you better believe I just quietly backed away.
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🚨BOOK NEWS!🚨
I am delighted to finally, FINALLY share that after two years of pandemic writing and virtual schooling, my next book, THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI, will be coming out March 2023!
Get ready to meet the crew, friends. We're going pirating⚔️
More info below!
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My husband and I went to a flea market today to be responsible adults and buy budget-friendly furniture and instead adopted a kitten because we have no impulse control. 🐈
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The Secret Garden literally has the protogonist throw a fit when someone thinks she isn't white and then insist Indians "aren't people." Maybe next time just promote some actual authors of color?
Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue to launch sales of classic novels with new covers promoting diversity
@amNewYork
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On days like today, I think back to something I heard
@prisonculture
say: Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair
Don't just doom scroll, friends. If you are even slightly politically aware, your feed is likely filled with suggestions on how to take action. Do it
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Looks like it's official: I am so ridiculously overexcited to share my next book series with you all. Hope you're ready to hit the high seas, there's treasure to be found! 🏴☠️🦜
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I know I'm late to Gideon the Ninth but in fairness no one told me it was a locked room murder mystery with a socially inept, brilliant swordswoman who quietly yearns for friends??
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I bothered you all for dress recommendations, so I couldn't not show off my Hugo Awards dress!
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It is 9pm and my five year old is furiously typing on her toy computer, refusing to go to bed and insisting she needs to finish her "work" while sighing overdramatically and shouting "this is a nightmare!"
I feel deeply called out.
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It is so wild and neat as a huge genre fan and writer to be seeing the internet blow up about Game of Thrones while I literally hear other surrounding apartments play it. What a cool cultural experience. I know this show has flaws and it's just tv, but what an amazing ride.
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I know Twitter is where nuance goes to die but it is both possible to say this weekend's Hugo Awards were a great night for marginalized creators (many of whom knew nothing about its sponsorship) and that Raytheon should have had absolutely nothing to do with them.
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Historical fantasy is all fun and games until you need seven books to accurately describe a harbor view (yes that is my very messy map in process)
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I thought when I announced this I'd have something all chill and dignified and professional to say but AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! DAEVABAD GOT NOMINATED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST SERIES!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
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I'm not a romance writer, but since this seems to happen across genres... white writers, you know apologizing and genuinely reflecting on your actions instead of destroying yourself and your professional organization after being called racist is an option, right?
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I just typed this on the last page of THE EMPIRE OF GOLD, the last book in my first trilogy and I've been trying not to cry while writing for the past three days 😭
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I love that kindergarten friendship is basically just two small children shouting unrelated facts at each other.
A: Volcanoes don't exist in Antarctica!
B: I can speak to cats!
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Still one of the best corrections from the New York Times ever:
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A savvy new queen joins a court whose lethal history may prove overwhelming...
An imprisoned royal and a woman wrenched from her home cross paths in an enchanted garden…
A pair of scouts stumble upon a secret in a cursed winter wood...
More Daevabad tales, coming in March!
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I just mildly remarked to my husband that it might be interesting to write a ghost story one day and without prompting, my five-year-old took me by the hand, led me upstairs to her hidden stash of Halloween books, told me she was "the expert" and read them out like research items
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Fantasy author goals honestly (minus the prospective murdering part of the murder)
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Just realized yesterday marked four years since The City of Brass was published and today I'm picking up my dress for the Hugo Awards where the Daevabad Trilogy is up for Best Series
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It's here! Feast your eyes on the cover for THE EMPIRE OF GOLD and get an early peek at an appropriately creepy (Happy Halloween!) scene from the last book in the Daevabad Trilogy, out June 30th. Spoilers beware!
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Some of this is good, but I'm sorry, burying your dead hair in soil to reanimate a dying plant is how you get earth demons. I don't make the rules.
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If you'll permit this debut author a thread of excitement... my finished book is here!!! 🎉😍🔥📚
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ten minutes ago I didn't know light-up bookshelf inserts of miniature magical libraries and gloomy medieval alleys were a thing and now it's all I want
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Received a bit of good news today: not only has THE CITY OF BRASS gone back to print again, THE EMPIRE OF GOLD has too--before it's even released!
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Watching the reckoning around sexual harassment in SFF and you know what's screwed up? It's only the tip of the iceberg. Because we're socialized to expect this as normal. To modify *our* behavior and words and smiles, and keep our mental list of creepy men and simply carry on.
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Book news! The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is now arriving a week early. The pub date has been changed to February 28th--only six more weeks!
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I hate that sexual assault has grown to be so strongly associated with science fiction and fantasy.
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Some exciting news! I can now share that the third (and final!) book in The Daevabad Trilogy has a title: THE EMPIRE OF GOLD!
(I cannot resist this gif. I'm sorry. I am not strong enough)
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I don't normally like to take up too much space in the Book Discourse of Twitter since frankly I think others are better at it, but white fantasy writers? A word.
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Historian friends, I'm hoping to hire an academic to review a fantasy novel set in the 12th century western Indian Ocean. It's for fiction, not a proper academic review. Looking for someone specializing in the medieval Islamic world. Arabic needed, and definitely a paid gig.
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I am utterly delighted and honored to be nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. I'm with INCREDIBLE company and so, so excited that my first Worldcon will be as a nominee (ok, also intimidated)! Can't wait to see you all in Dublin!
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Hi. I have died and this is my ghosts tweeting
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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is a New York Times bestseller!!!
Thank you so, so much to all the readers (and indie booksellers!) who picked up my book and spread the word over these last few weeks, especially when I wasn't able to do so. It is deeply appreciated!
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My little one asked if we were having a "book party" (launch) for EoG, and I had to tell her I didn't think so and gently explain we might be inside for a long time. I thought she was going to be upset but she declared *she* was going to have one for me and decorate with stars 😭
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Hey
@Uber
, want to work on making it a bit freaking clearer that female passengers aren't there for the amusement of their male drivers? There's a new thread like this every week.
My heart rate is through the roof right now out of both panic, but also pure rage. Mara and I just had a really jarring experience with an uber driver who decided he wanted to keep driving to "keep the conversation going"
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My 90s brethren... will you look at what my mother has kept all these years??
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Can we please start adapting new books and properties? There are worlds beyond Europe and it would be great if kids in particular could get to see this realized on screen.
Netflix has acquired the rights to C.S. Lewis’ beloved The Chronicles of Narnia series and will develop new series and film projects based on the beloved books.
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I meant to post this yesterday, but The Empire of Gold is officially out in the world! Which means GUESS WHO FINISHED WRITING AN ENTIRE EPIC FANTASY TRILOGY FULL OF BOOKS THAT JUST KEPT GETTING LONGER AND LONGER AND…
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Alright, it’s time for another retelling from 1001 Nights. Get a cup of coffee and let’s talk Julnar of the Sea: the original—better—Little Mermaid*, her army of jinn, and the world’s most useless son.
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Fantasy writers! After harassing my husband for months to be more specific, apparently bone dust and cut bone smells like wet chalk while intact bone is fairly odorless.
Go forth and deepen your sensory atmosphere. You're welcome.
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I keep seeing book people tweet their support for "enemies to lovers," and I feel like "lovers to enemies" isn't getting enough appreciation. I mean, what really is affection if you don't end up on opposite sides of a smoking battlefield? 😈
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In case you missed it yesterday, I shared the cover for my new book, THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI. But today I had to go ahead and show off the full wrap
@further_u
created because it's just so utterly gorgeous
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I know I'm supposed to be all chill, pro author and say it's only a first step, but listen, I am still very new, I am VERY EXCITED AND NOT AT ALL CHILL, and 2020 has been a long string of inappropriate expletives, so I'm gonna dream a bit about seeing Nahri, Ali & Dara on screen
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I love this. I think the fact that a lot of people in urban settings mostly ate street food gets lost but its a fascinating part of history.
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Still typing and deleting tweets but I will say this: publishing has thrown a lot of wtf moments my way, but "make sure one of the most prestigious awards in my industry isn't being sponsored by a war criminal before accepting the nomination." This shouldn't have happened.
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The servers over at HBO Now getting ready for tonight
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Speaking of extraordinary women, this account of Arwa's life comes from Fatema Mernissi's THE FORGOTTEN QUEENS OF ISLAM (Go read Mernissi, she was brilliant)
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Best way to break into a house in 10th-century Baghdad? Candle-bearing tortoises, of course!
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My husband and I are going to see Star Wars tonight and I've had such a hard time finding new friends since moving out out NYC that I am halfway tempted to stand up before it starts and be like "you there, space fantasy minded folks, does anyone want to get coffee after?"
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In case you think meet-cutes only happen in books, I really did meet my husband at a high school Model UN competition where we went from rivals to allies in a midnight crisis simulation.
We were too shy to exchange AIM names so "France" did it for us and the rest is history. 😂
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I'm supposed to be on a social media break but it's been a dark few days, and I just received a giant box of advance copies for the book that nearly broke me. They're beautiful, so the heck with it, I'm sharing. Welcome to The Kingdom of Copper, everyone.
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If you need some cheer in your morning, I offer my kitten living his best life, happily wrecking a pair of painting drapes
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I WON A SWORD!!! A REAL SWORD MADE OUT OF SHARP METAL!!!
::switches to professional::
I am incredibly honored and delighted that THE CITY OF BRASS won Best Debut Novel. Thank you so much to BookNest and everyone who voted!
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My daughter overheard me and my husband talking about star ratings for books and enthusiastically chirped up that she would take a vacuum cleaner into the sky and vacuum up all the stars for me 😭
She has my over-flowery descriptive prose!
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Alright, I promised you all that I would tell you when it was official, so here it is: THE EMPIRE OF GOLD is coming out June 30th, 2020 in the US!
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Second cover reveal for THE RIVER OF SILVER!
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It would also be really, really, REALLY great if we could have more networking spaces that don't involve alcohol
Conventions & convention bars are professional networking spaces for writers & artists
By sexualizing that space, you’re taking opportunities away from people who could be spending time with someone who values their work & not the use of their bodies for your temporary amusement
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Great news to start the week: THE CITY OF BRASS is headed for its ninth reprint! Fly, little debut book, fly.
And if you've not yet read it, go check it out. A magical hidden city of djinn and secrets where nothing bad ever happens to characters you love!
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History Twitter, we need to talk about Shah Jahan's ridiculously large (but utterly magnificent) wine cup
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Just got the news: THE KINGDOM OF COPPER debuted on the USA Today Bestsellers List!
Thank you SO much to everyone who picked up this book--I am very sorry if it tears your heart out in return. There's one more, I promise!
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How is my next series already listed as YA on Goodreads? Literally the only information available is that it's about a *retired* pirate. Retired.
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"...the young adult fantasy adventure will focus on a group of Arab teens, who meet a jinn in the archaeological marvel that is Petra." !!!!!
Netflix is creating its first Arabic series that ‘celebrates Arab youth’ -
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Possibly my personal favorite and something I found quite touching: a baby's footprint preserved in clay. Nippur, Iraq 2000-1590 BCE
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It's finally here! I am over-the-moon excited to share THE KINGDOM OF COPPER with you all today! I wrote my whole heart into this book and I hope you're stoked to return to Daevabad once more. 🔥🏹🗡️🌊
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I should preface this with a warning that it's not real, but it looked too cool not to share 🔥
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It's here, it's here! I'm delighted to share the cover and an early excerpt of THE KINGDOM OF COPPER, the sequel to THE CITY OF BRASS over at
@tordotcom
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Being fashionable in medieval Iraq sounds like a lot of work
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Every time I talk about race on GOT, I get people in my mentions bleating about how medieval Europe was all white, so
1. You're wrong
2. They already put POC characters on the show! Why would your incorrect history take impact how the writers screw up their storyline??
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If I can be personal and sappy for a second, I need to shout out how proud I am today of my brilliant husband, who just graduated a SEVEN year neurosurgical residency.
He likes being anonymous so here he is looking like a masked robot 😘
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I thought we were supposed to be coy but since everyone else is yelling...
I WROTE A STAR WAR!!!
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My little city girl just raced over all excited to show me the lady bug in her hand and it was a tick...
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Seven years of neurosurgical training and my husband faces his most challenging patient
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There is an extremely posh murder mystery waiting to happen here
Built over a century ago in 1914, the Abdel Meguid Pacha Seif El Nasr palace in Mallawi, Minya serves as a symbol of status and standing - especially for the man after whom it was named.
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I have been waiting for MONTHS to share these stunning Daevabad dust jackets from
@gabibujdoso
made for
@FaeCrate
's Empire of Gold box (and look at the Nahri plushie!) My fictional children 😭
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Additional necklaces (note the incredible details on the tiny pendants) and what appears to be the world's longest drinking straw.
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The world is a trashfire and debate coverage is making me nervous (but by all means, please continue bashing Bloomberg) so here's someone helping a tiny octopus trade a plastic cup for a shell:
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Received some exciting news...THE EMPIRE OF GOLD hit the Indie and USA Today Bestsellers lists! Thank you so much to all the readers who picked it up last week. And if you haven't yet, you can here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
THE EMPIRE OF GOLD is out today!! Thread below for buy links, recaps & virtual tour:
Signed:
IndieBound:
Bookshop:
BN:
Amazon:
Audible:
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I am delighted to finally share the absolutely stunning UK cover for THE ADVENTURES OF AMINA AL-SIRAFI designed by the incomparable
@micaelaalcaino
for
@harpervoyager_uk
!
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So, guess who got a big box of books she wasn't expecting and has kind of a small apartment? Giveaway? Giveaway! Re-tweet and follow by Friday 2/9, and I'll select two winners for a UK copy of THE CITY OF BRASS. International okay.
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Surprise box of ARCs means surprise giveaway of five signed early copies of THE RIVER OF SILVER!
Open internationally, retweet and follow to enter by 5/21. International winners: once these are mailed, they're gone, so you might want to check USPS is delivering to you right now
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I shared a few snippets over on Instagram so I figured I should do the same here: page passes for The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi have arrived! It's going to be a real book and not a weird fever dream of never-ending drafts and edits!
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Finally finished setting up the new office
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I HAVE MADE THE BROWNIE BABKA
Aaaaand an almond apricot orange-blossom babka. There is lots of babka. I may have a problem.
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Alright, as promised, I’m sharing the judhaba I made tonight! A downright DELICIOUS chicken dish from ninth-century Iraq, this was a lot of fun to recreate. Recipes and pictures in the thread!
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It is my birthday today, I'm in a bad head space due to work and various other annoyances and I do not need this temptation right now.
I feel like one of you probably needs this expensive Dashing Lady Pirate sweater
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(also if you come into my mentions with "b-but it's safer in the West nonsense," I will sic a djinn on you)
Relatedly, the story of what I truly hope is China quietly taking back their stuff:
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