Writing

Some thoughts on art and literature

Mohamad Hafez Damascene Athan series

Mohamad Hafez
Damascene Athan series

On The Scale Of Grief And Memory

The Squinch | AUGUST 2019

A Syrian-American who currently lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut, Mohamad Hafez spends his workweek designing skyscrapers. During weekends and evenings in his studio, he painstakingly recreates Syrian architecture in miniature format…


Screenshot from Castle in the Sky

Screenshot from Castle in the Sky

Hardy and Miyazaki: A Conversation

Alexandria | SPRING 2019

After the publication of Jude the Obscure in 1895 Thomas Hardy stopped writing novels. He lived until 1928, but never published another. Instead, to the bafflement of critics to this day, he dedicated the rest of his life to writing and publishing poetry…