raya ❦
@rayarvx
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reader, writer, rain lover. literature student.
she her • رايا • 🇱🇧
Joined November 2021
it literally took studying creative writing abroad in scotland to break my reading slump
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oh no… i dropped my enemies to lovers (x2) fantasy novel inspired by ancient lebanese & babylonian astrology with messy heroines and dark magic and court politics and betrayals and daggers in gowns… the young elites meets six of crows but with more royalty… oh no…
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thinking about palestine the families the babies the pets the birds the insects the roses the olive trees the beaches the homes the restaurants and coffee shops the beautiful sky
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Mahmoud Darwish introduced me to Palestine. His poetry obsessed me. I studied words he used (ie Nakba). I wanted to KNOW this land he adored and described. I read history, policy, art—everything. I grew a shelf for Palestine. Poets first taught me Palestine. They made me love it.
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i think everyone should watch children of shatila (1998). i wish u guys wont become desensitized to the dead and injured humans u are seeing on ur tl. these people that are dying wanted to live, they had dreams and hope. they just wanted a life like life
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just opened my tote bag after class and realized i didn’t bring an emotional support book i feel like my oxygen has been taken away
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