Blog | Omar Imady

Feminism in Contemporary Syria

It's an honour to be asked to speak in this seminar. This will be the first time I speak on issues related to Syria from the perspective...

Sufi Snakes and Ladders

“So, what are we playing?” “Snakes and Ladders. Don’t worry I’ll teach you.” “I know how to play, Şirin.” Şirin smiled. “Not this Snakes...

She Wears a Blue Headscarf

I dream it’s 2009 all over again. The year of Mowj-e-Sabz, the Green Wave that overwhelmed the streets of Iran and made me for once proud...

Mormon Coffee

“Did they tell you we were Mormon?” Rashid’s book now made sense. “Oliver belongs to the mainstream Church. But my faith would not be...

A Manual of Faith for the Ends of Time

An uncompromising monotheistic sensibility of the heart will rise in the third millennium as the spiritual bond of the global community...

Why She Had to Live

Paris smelled like piss. Michael Sergeant had always admired its extreme juxtaposition of splendour and decay. Of life and death. He had...

The Internal Monologue of a Seasoned Aerophobe

Today, my flight to Lisbon begins with recollections of a pilot who decided that life had not been worth living after his mistress broke...

The Plates of Isabel

Jude was upset. Zina was not supposed to be part of his Mondays. He suspected that whatever it was she wanted had nothing to do with the...

The Unauthorised Biography of a Damascene Reformer

Listed among the 11 Best Modern Biography Books of All Time by BookAuthority The Syrian Arab Republic has rarely been out of the...