There is this girl, that I love,
Beautiful, cute, blows my mind away,
She is fun to hang out with,
very hard to hold on too,
she slips between my fingers,
Returns just like a dove.

On m’a dit que l’amour était serein
Qu’il donnait de l’espoir pour demain
On m’a dit qu’un de tes baisers
Me laisserait pour toujours bouleversée
On m’a dit qu’une simple caresse

Je m’en souviendrais encore, comme si c’était hier. En une journée ensoleillée d’été, dans un parc non loin de chez moi, je contemplais  le paysage quand elle passa.
Elle portait un ensemble dont la simplicité était d’une attirance irrésistible. Un satin près du corps recouvrait sa fine taille et ses longues jambes qui la portaient. Sa [...]

Reading the latest Bekhsoos issue, I started thinking of a way I could contribute to Part 2 of the Special Edition that looks back at 10 years of LGBT activism in Lebanon. And it hit me: It had been exactly 10 years since I came out to myself (and a couple of friends).
I was about [...]

بخبركن عن “مرتي” اللي ما في متلها اتنين بالعالم.
كل يوم الصبح بتوعى، بحس بشفافها ع خدي مع طلوع الضو. بحس بضحكتها أنا ومغمضة عيوني. بحس انها وعيت، وانو العالم كلو وعي معها. بسمع صوتها بالمطبخ عم تحضر “نسكافيه” (بتحب السكر كتير مع القهوة، بس بتشرب الشاي بلا سكر). بسمع غنيتها اللي كل يوم [...]

I’m happy, and I am proud
And you should be proud of me…
I’m everything that you are
Well, almost…
And I love it, you should love it too, you really should
I’m not attracted to men…  the thought disgusts me; the thought of getting physical with a guy, it’s as repulsive to me as it is to you.
Women, they’re [...]

Battle of the corpses
Cried for me in dismay
You must pick a side, they said
This orbit of yours left me desperate on it’s milky-way

They all want you, they all do

Inside a smokeless New York bar,
I sip my drink
And watch her
Watching me
pretend not to notice.

“I love you” she said to me.
“Don’t say that,” I answered, running my fingers up and down her forearm.
What I didn’t say is how much I’ve wanted to hear her say that, how much I love her back, and how I’ve been longing for this moment for so long.
However, this couldn’t [...]

جاء يوم الوداع…
رحت أندب نفسي…
فجئت بقبر مدوّر كبير…
يسكنه بشر، يابسة و بحار…
تدور حوله الكواكب…
يعوم في فضاء غدّار…