Nagihan Haliloğlu

For the longest time I signed Dr. Des.(ignatus) it was the coolest thing ever

A bad job is a bad job *sigh*

A novel called Mosquito Palace. She was lazy even with the title. You can look it up.

Every time autosuggest cannot guess what word I am about to write I say ha ha I win but thereby I have already trained it further into human speech :(

This is such a fine film and, as Nagihan writes, it's good to see a story from the Iraqi people's point of view, rather than how Americans 'feel' about the invasion. On top of this, it's also charming and very funny, despite the often harrowing subject matter

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'The President's Cake' is remarkable ode to Iraq, its children Through the eyes of a brave little girl, ‘The President’s Cake’ reveals Iraq’s beauty, its stories and its resilient spirit

I've had such a visceral reaction to this film, I love it so much- here's me waxing lyrical about The President's Cake www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...

Making dad jokes with dad

Dad: So which country are you going to this week
Me: Turkey. I hear it's great

Well, what can you do. Sentimental Value really is v v good.

This just in: happy to have completed my gigs and sitting at my desk looking at the rain/course texts

In other news a certified plagiarist, Elif Shafak, became president of the Royal Society of Literature. Good luck with all your AI wars with AI-before-AI at the helm.

This is deliciously noir

Önce bi demlik çay yapalım, sonra herşey hallolur

This is why I will always love UK

Annals of French misogyny in Laurent Mauvignier’s 'The Birthday Party' French novelist Laurent Mauvignier’s latest novel takes us to the French countryside where the truth is revealed about the lies and accommodations that...

Here's my review of Birthday Party if you want to compare content ;) www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...

I read his Birthday Party, and though I could see he was trying hard it left me cold

Kuala Lumpur review: the jungle will devour it given half a chance (despite its concessions)

Steampunk

The Japs really did not behave themselves in Asia did they

The two wolves inside me

to you

Explaining to a Bosnian how overwhelmed I was to meet Hind Rajab's mother, not knowing how to add I am always already overwhelmed speaking to Bosnians

There's an actual drinks cabinet/trunk in my room

Sitting at a formal dinner making myself think of moments where I've been wronged, almost making myself cry in frustration, in order to not be manic pixie dream hag AGAIN #lifehack

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Some freight problems

Good as Guinness

Today in lanyards

Roti and Bree for breakfast