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Rana Askoul

The time I saved my own life

I was two-minutes into watching Valerie Kaur’s Ted Talk on how to reclaim love as a revolutionary act when tears streamed down my cheeks…

5 min readFeb 16, 2022

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The time I saved my own life

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Rana Askoul

Want more? Then love more

What is it about love that captivated the quest of all the wise women and men for centuries? Rabia spoke these words of her Beloved: “I…

3 min readJan 19, 2022

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Want more? Then love more

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Rana Askoul

Teta and her garden

My maternal grandmother, my teta, in my memory is like the summer: proud, powerful, determined, and calm. Her name was Najibe, the Arabic…

6 min readNov 7, 2021

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Teta and her garden

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Rana Askoul

I am different than most of you

I am different than most of you. I’m really different than most of you at so many levels. Allow me please to demonstrate.

3 min readOct 26, 2021

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I am different than most of you

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Rana Askoul

A Middle East within my soul

I have an arduous relationship with the Middle East. The first I ever fell in love was with it’s Arabic language at a very young age. It’s…

5 min readSep 9, 2020

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A Middle East within my soul

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Rana Askoul

Beirut: I am waiting for you to put me back together again

Algor mortis. It’s the second stage of death, marked by the change in body temperature post-mortem until the ambient temperature is…

4 min readAug 12, 2020

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Beirut: I am waiting for you to put me back together again

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Rana Askoul

Rana Askoul

I share my writings here with you so they may be held in your gaze. May you find in them what inspires you, uplifts you and moves your heart ✨✨

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