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Yahia Lababidi

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Author of 11 books of poetry & prose. Latest is: ✨Quarantine Notes✨Short Meditations

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Aug 24, 2023, 8:41 PM UTC

Books That Saved My Life: New Youtube Short Video Series

*** Dear friends of books, reading, dreaming, learning, thinking & meditating 🧘🏻‍♂️ I’m launching a new series of YouTube shorts (literature, philosophy, spirituality) and would really apprecia…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi May 17, 2023, 8:56 PM UTC

Exciting News: New Book Cover 😇

Forgive the long absence … Life! I am quietly thrilled to receive a first look at my forthcoming collection of new reflections— political, cultural & spiritual — composed during our global pandem…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Dec 6, 2022, 2:33 PM UTC

O, Palestine! O, Israel! O, Humanity!

*** My paternal grandmother, may she rest in peace, was forced to leave her ancestral home, in Palestine, at gunpoint. So, it’s especially meaningful for me to see Farha on Netflix. Directed by Darin…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Dec 4, 2022, 6:45 PM UTC

Happy Birthday, Poet Rilke

*** Who are our literary friends that we can still (re)turn to... after the great flood of youth 🌊 Austrian poet, Rilke, is one of the few old friends for me who renew themselves ; he grows with us,…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Nov 17, 2022, 2:49 PM UTC

My Words Featured in a Popular Calendar 📆

*** One day, on Instagram, I saw a quote of mine featured in a popular calendar & it gave me an idea. Since my sayings have gone viral & are used in classrooms, already, why not create an ins…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Oct 20, 2022, 3:36 PM UTC

Egyptian dancer (& friend) wins prestigious French award

*** Around 2 decades ago, when I still lived in Egypt, I attended a powerful contemporary dance performance that blew my mind 🤯 It was passionate, beautiful, free, bold and urgent in a way I had not…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Oct 5, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

Visiting a (once) Dangerous Neighborhood in Colombia 🇨🇴

*** It used to be, around 10 years ago, that you did not visit Comuna 13, in San Javier, Colombia— which was then under gorilla control. *** Thanks, to former President Uribe & the help of the pa…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Oct 4, 2022, 2:08 PM UTC

Danny boy’s first bath 🧼🐶🐾

*** Pups can’t regulate their body temperature, but after a particularly difficult/messy night, we had to give Danny boy his first proper bath 🧼 *** *** He was up all night, whimpering from 4:30 - 7…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Oct 1, 2022, 4:58 PM UTC

Attending 3 day Crypto Conference in Medellin, Colombia 🇨🇴

*** Thanks, to my forward-thinking, curious wife, I learned of Steemit/Hive, where I’ve been blogging for a few years, now, regularly. *** *** So, it’s no surprise that during our visit to Colombia,…

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Yahia Lababidi
@yahia-lababidi Oct 1, 2022, 12:56 PM UTC

Danny boy is growing up 🐶

*** My pup is growing up. We’ve had him for a little over 10 days, now, and he’s around a month old. *** *** The good boy is (almost) potty trained & (nearly) sleeps through the night. *** *** He…

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