The official term for what happened to my family when I was young is gentrification, but there is no word in the Somali language for it. The people who love me most cannot understand this concept, so I try to refrain from using it. In English, you could attempt to break gentrification down to "people who do not belong forcefully move into space because they can," but that sounds a little on the nose.
Read MoreI hate time. However, I have no issue with ageing - which is a common misconception people have when you say you hate time.
Read More“Music felt like my purpose, and even though I had a lot of fear around performing and being heard, I also had very few problems talking to myself or letting others convince me out of those fears.”
Read MoreAs natural as the cycle of life, whether you like it or not, friendships come and go.
Read More“What I wanted more than anything was someone who understood me, and didn't shy away from who I truly was despite knowing my ugliest truths and deepest scars. But I was always a misfit no matter what I did.”
Read More“I realized that when I was participating in my life offline, I was thinking of how to capture and fit it into the diameters of a square photo. It was like everything I was experiencing needed to be documented to be real.”
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