The writing room: poems, emotional notes, fragments, essays, comments, and thoughts that are more alive than finished.

Poetry

غلاف ديوان رماد زيادة

ديوان منشور على واتباد

رماد زيادة

ديوان عن السكر.

في نار قايدة في الرماد
وفي رقص بنية وقف المطر
وقلب بيدق اتوأد وعليه حِداد
صاحبه بيدعي لذنب ما كملش ينغفر
في الدار شبحين بيرقصوا في كل زاوية
على كل اغنية سمعوها قبل ما يموتوا
بيضحكوا ويعيدوا كل كلمة بأصوات عالية
في بيت الغريب ما يسمعش فيه غير سكوته
وصاحب الدار بس اللي سامع صدى صوته
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This page stays sparse on purpose. Poetry needs air around it.

Essays and Reflections

Longer writing belongs here: psychology, philosophy, mythology, fantasy, books, human nature, and the emotional logic of ordinary life.

Essays + reflections · Substack

Salam El-Shwaff

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Featured essay

How to leave when you're getting what you want, but not love?!! by Salam El-Shwaff

Being temporary ain't the same as being a placeholder.

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Reviews

Film notes + personal ratings · IMDb

Beyond the credits

I write reviews of conclusions and lessons I learned from what I watched.

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Selected reviews · Salam91

Book notes . Reading taste . Public shelves

Goodreads Reviews

Book reactions, ratings, shelves, and reading history live on Goodreads, where they can stay connected to the books themselves.

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Reading Notes

From my reading desk · Data + critical thinking

Becoming a Data Head

A public notebook of chapter-by-chapter reflections on data, statistics, machine learning, and asking better questions.

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