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I curl my toes under my thighbones,begging my own body for some warmth.My trembling toes are colder than the waterthat drips on my numb ribs.“Trikuni!”((Let me go))I am screaming,screaming, screamingscreamingto someone (anyone)but no sound escapes my parched lipsfor reasonsbeyond my reasoning Badi may, ya imme((I need water, mother))Itchy concert throats and digesting French toasts. Beyond the windows,the waves break over the timeline of the horizonas a misinterpreted French songslows down the setting of the sun.beneath the windows,invisible, intense spasms of air createa crawling sensation of critters on my back,but quite oddlythere is a familiarity to these jitters thatmakes me want

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Poetry
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Earlier this year, I attended Tariq Mehmood’s book launch for his new Young Adult novel, You’re Not Proper. The book’s vibrant cover art and Mehmood’s aim to introduce more diverse characters into the Young Adult genre encouraged me to add his book to my reading list. As someone with a special interest in Young Adult literature, reading You’re Not Proper stimulated thoughts, feelings and critiques that were only possible due to the book’s diverse characters and unique cultural representations. The Young Adult genre has been dominated by Western authors and their respective portrayals of Western characters, settings, plots, and even culturally

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Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal was founded in the English Department of the American University of Beirut in 2012 with the intention of creating a space for both emerging and established writers who have a connection to Lebanon.
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