Salma Antonia Alfaqeeh

Jul 31, 2023 | appeal-democrat.com | Salma Antonia Alfaqeeh

In any given society throughout history, there are a few things you're bound to find: means of access to the basic necessities of life such as food, water, and shelter, weapons or other tools of some sort, and music. Yes, music. Music has appeared in cultures around the world since before it could even be documented. The oldest musical instruments on record are a set of bone-carved flutes discovered in both Germany and Slovenia. These relics are currently estimated to be more than 40,000 years old.

Jun 19, 2023 | theoffingmag.com | Rikki Li |Amina Kayani |Salma Antonia Alfaqeeh |Maria Poulatha

I only see my father while burning with fever. He approaches my bed without a face, holding a bowl of pears steamed with rock sugar and red dates. He nudges a morsel against my lip, an Ethiopian gursha, my damp sheets a banquet table and I his honored guest. Wo wei ni, he says in Chinese. I’ll feed you;, I weep, ;I grind a molar into my cheek until it bleeds and a gasp escapes: Only when I wake, choking on a tongue in search for scrapes, do I remember the mouth is where the body begins its healing.