#arabian aesthetic

[thedrowsydreamer]

Deep Dreams: the Palace.

[lone-nyctophile]

[maihonhassan]

Arabic saying that got me in tears;

“هناك قلوب لن تكرهك مهما أوجعتها "

"There are hearts that won't ever hate you, no matter how much you hurt them."

[psykopaths]

[nejjcollectsbooks]

Arabian Dark Academia

Practising Arabic calligraphy, retaping flash cards back onto the wall of notes, kohl-rimmed eyes, translated folklore and classics, layered tops and long skirts, homework assignments written on your palms, self-teaching the mother tongue, mint tea and spicy coffee, writing from right to left, then writing from left to right, ink stains on your hands and cheeks, henna painted hands, long to-do lists, gold on your neck and your hands, dual language notes, detailed diagrams, switching languages mid-speech, headscarves in muted colours, reciting prayers against stress and anxiety, bookshelves filled with western and eastern novels, forgetting words in one language but remembering it in another, chewing the tops of pens and pencils, reapplying roll-on perfume throughout the school day, highlighted lines in textbooks, loud rich laughter bouncing off the corridors where ever the group goes.

You are a student. You are a student descended from foreign parents. You do what you were brought to the West to do. You learn.

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[1998da]

🍕❤️😋

[lesbianfakir]

Fakir's theme (Beethoven's Coriolan Overture) always struck me as funny because it stands apart from the other character's themes. Mytho has the delicate Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Rue the somber Gymnopedie No 1, Duck the cheerful Nutcracker Oveture etc... while Fakir's theme is well... LOUD.

It characterizes his most aggressive moments, mainly playing in scenes where he antagonizes Mytho and Duck.

This always sat a little weird with me as it is a very surface-level character theme for such a complex character. In contrast, Rue's theme tells us something about her motivations under the Kraehe persona. Fakir's on the other hand tells us that he's mean and aggressive... something any viewer who's gotten to a scene where the song plays already knows.

On one of my rewatches, though, I noticed that he has another song that functions as a sort of secondary theme: an excerpt from Scheherazade.

This song plays most notably throughout most of episode 12, while he is bonding with Duck. It shows up a few times later in season 2, mainly in scenes concerning Fakir's struggle to write. As such, I view it as a complementary theme to the Coriolan Overture.

Listening to the song, it feels much more in line with Fakir we've come to know him. The song can be a little delicate and a little sad with gentle wind solos that lead into loud, grand orchestral sections. The repetitiveness, tempo, and use of dramatic brass and strings give these louder sections a gallant, almost desperate tone. It's super fitting that this is the song that plays throughout the episode where we get the best sense of Fakir's natural personality when he isn't putting on the cold persona.

I don't really have a deeper analysis here I just think it's really fun that as his character develops he gets an additional theme. If you think about it the music in Tutu functions as a sort of jukebox musical--the world and characters are built around the songs. Once we start to get to know who Fakir really is, the music that represents him changes to reflect him better.

[ousnap]

Bollywood actress Rekha for Vogue Arabia.

[httpsbobateablog]

Another Arabian Night 🧞🏺

[pepperspoppies]

Arabian Nights Cyworld Background

[nejjcollectsbooks]

The Penguin Anthology of Classical Arabic Literature by Robert Irwin.

My first week in Morocco is over, and from visiting relatives and keeping house it's been Irwin's anthology of Arabic lit that has been tiding me over from one hot day to the next.

"Translation is like a seance with the dead and what comes out on the planchette will often read like urgent nonsense."

[wonyoungismn1glowup]

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐌𝐄 ♥ 💓 🌷

𝑯𝒊!, 𝑰𝒎 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒕! 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 "𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒎"! (𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝑳𝒊𝒛, 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒋𝒊𝒂, 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑯𝒂𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒎) 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔��𝒍𝒇 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒎! 𝑰 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕! 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒓! 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝑲𝒑𝒐𝒑 𝑰𝒅𝒐𝒍 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒏! 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆! 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝑷𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑷𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔<3

𓍢ִ໋🌷͙֒✧˚ ༘ ⋆｡˚♡

𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ ᴡᴏɴʏᴏᴜɴɢɪꜱᴍ ᴀᴄᴄꜱ, ᴍʏ ᴄᴀᴛ, ꜱᴏɴɢ ᴊɪᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪᴢᴀʀᴅ ʟɪᴢ, ᴘɪɴᴋ ᴘɪʟᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜʏ ᴍɪɴᴅꜱᴇᴛ, ᴡʜɪᴛᴇ ꜱᴡᴀɴ ᴍɪɴᴅꜱᴇᴛ, ʙʟᴀᴄᴋ ꜱᴡᴀɴ ᴍɪɴᴅꜱᴇᴛ, ɢʀᴇʏ ꜱᴡᴀɴ ᴍɪɴᴅꜱᴇᴛ, ᴍʏ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ᴍʏ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴇʀz<3, ꜰᴜᴅɢᴇ ʙʀᴏᴡɴɪᴇꜱ, ᴋᴘᴏᴘ, ꜱᴜʙʟɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ, ᴀꜰꜰɪʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ, ʙᴇꜱᴛ ɢʀᴀᴅᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ɢɪʀʟ/ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢɪʀʟ ᴇɴᴇʀɢʏ<3

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀: ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ᴡᴏɴʏᴏᴜɴɢɪꜱᴍ ᴀᴄᴄꜱ, ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄᴀɴᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴏᴘɪɴɪᴏɴꜱ, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴏ ꜱᴍᴏᴋᴇ/ᴠᴀᴘᴇ, ᴛᴡᴏ ꜰᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ, ꜰᴀᴋᴇ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ, ᴍᴇᴀɴ/ᴛᴏxɪᴄ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ ᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀꜱ, ᴍʏ ʜᴀᴛᴇʀꜱ<3 (ɪ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴅᴏɴᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ᴍʏ ʜᴀᴛᴇʀꜱ ɪʀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʙᴀᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇᴍ... ʟɪᴋᴇ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ꜱᴏ ᴘᴀᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪꜱʀᴇᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴛᴇ ᴏɴ ꜱᴏᴍᴏɴᴇ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘʏ, ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ<3) ᴘɪᴄᴋ ᴍᴇ ɢɪʀʟꜱ

𝐅𝐚𝐯 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬<𝟑: 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 (𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠>:( ), 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐚<𝟑*𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝*, 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬<𝟑𝟑𝟑 *𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝*, 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭 *𝐈𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐥* 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐭𝐜! (𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐎𝐋)

𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼: 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥<𝟑, 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 *𝐒𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆*, 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞*𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞!*, 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐮𝐩*𝐥𝐮𝐯 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥<𝟑*, 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐩*𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅𝐂 𝐂𝐔𝐙 𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍*, 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠<𝟑, 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡<𝟑, 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬<𝟑𝟑𝟑!!! *𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐬𝐦!!*

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐧: 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦<𝟑

(𝙸𝚖 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚋 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢!<𝟹)

𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕕𝕠 𝕀 𝕡𝕠𝕤𝕥?: 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬!, 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 ;), 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬! (𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠💓!

Alr this is the end BUT if you wanna ask me questions or debates i will answer! and sometimes i cant post often because i have lots of things going on right now</3 But I will try atleast 1-7 times in a week (Depending on my mood maybe some week  i will post 1, Maybe some day i will post 5😜 also i might change the about me and make it better someday) also the names Liz<3  (HELP I REALIZED THERE WERE SOME PROBLEMS AND GRAMMAR MISTAKES IN THIS SRRYYYY ☠)

🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE!!! (this acc supports palestine!!!)

✧˖°🌷📎⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚ ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆༻ੈ✩‧₊˚ ˖⁺‧₊˚ ♡ ˚₊‧⁺˖ ‧₊˚🖇️✩ ₊˚🎧⊹♡

[dreamsoffaerie]

academia around the world: arab academia

as you think of others far away, think of yourself (say: “if only I were a candle in the dark”).

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[inamoratasonata]

tell me princess when did you last let your heart decide?

— aladdin