Agri Ismaïl
@agri.bsky.social
I am complicit in this festival of horrors // wrote a book called Hyper // cyberkurd, virtue signaller
Gah what an absolutely wonderful review
What a literary treat to see the latest mini issue of the Markaz Review with a focus on Kurdish literature - I may be biased as I consider Aryan Omar Hassan (of @henarpress.bsky.social) a friend, but his review of the novel “Hyper” by @agri.bsky.social is hilarious. themarkaz.org/agri-ismails...
Agri Ismaïl's Hyper is a 21st Century Kurdish Crucible
Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.
themarkaz.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Gah what an absolutely wonderful review
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★ Agri Ismaïl debuts with a captivating satire of materialism and ambition. Cutting and self-assured, this heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in the vein of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. @coffeehousepress buff.ly/xEa2Nf9
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
★ Agri Ismaïl debuts with a captivating satire of materialism and ambition. Cutting and self-assured, this heralds the arrival of a thrilling new voice in the vein of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Zadie Smith. @coffeehousepress buff.ly/xEa2Nf9
Orpheus and Eurydice but it’s me trying to not look back as I’ve left a toddler who doesn’t want to go to daycare
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Orpheus and Eurydice but it’s me trying to not look back as I’ve left a toddler who doesn’t want to go to daycare
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So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
So every freelancer you know is going to lose their insurance or be bankrupted by premiums because Schumer is an invertebrate
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Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Since everyone has Frankenstein on the brain: more people should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
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Sharing this haunting micro-fiction by Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social , an American poet based in Boston. I think it moved me partly because it reminded me of William Carlos Williams, and also that poem by Heaney (if you know it), “Midterm Break”. Beautifully sad piece.
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Sharing this haunting micro-fiction by Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social , an American poet based in Boston. I think it moved me partly because it reminded me of William Carlos Williams, and also that poem by Heaney (if you know it), “Midterm Break”. Beautifully sad piece.
Man basically went ”inshallah” and people be like
November 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Man basically went ”inshallah” and people be like
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
No greater proof of the two-tiered justice system that plagues the US than the fact that Mayor Humdinger isn’t rotting away in a Adventure Bay supermax
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
No greater proof of the two-tiered justice system that plagues the US than the fact that Mayor Humdinger isn’t rotting away in a Adventure Bay supermax
The Apartment
Star Warses 4-6
Mad Max (Road Warrior + Fury Road)
Conan the Barbarian
Mean Girls
Disney’s Aladdin
Dekalog: One
Before Sunset
Star Warses 4-6
Mad Max (Road Warrior + Fury Road)
Conan the Barbarian
Mean Girls
Disney’s Aladdin
Dekalog: One
Before Sunset
Sju (femton) filmer jag har sett fler än sju gånger (på rak arm).
101
What's Up, Doc?
The Apartment
Top Gun
Blind Date
The Little Princess (Shirley Temple-versionen)
Flashdance
Die Hard
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ivanhoe
Beatrix Potters Sagovärld
Sannolikt Frost, Trassel, Lorax, Modig
101
What's Up, Doc?
The Apartment
Top Gun
Blind Date
The Little Princess (Shirley Temple-versionen)
Flashdance
Die Hard
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ivanhoe
Beatrix Potters Sagovärld
Sannolikt Frost, Trassel, Lorax, Modig
Sju filmer jag har sett fler än sju gånger (på rak arm).
Alien
Aliens
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Prestige
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Alien
Aliens
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Prestige
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Apartment
Star Warses 4-6
Mad Max (Road Warrior + Fury Road)
Conan the Barbarian
Mean Girls
Disney’s Aladdin
Dekalog: One
Before Sunset
Star Warses 4-6
Mad Max (Road Warrior + Fury Road)
Conan the Barbarian
Mean Girls
Disney’s Aladdin
Dekalog: One
Before Sunset
Sarah Jessica Parker in Hocus Pocus walked so Amanda Seyfried in Mean Girls could run
October 31, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker in Hocus Pocus walked so Amanda Seyfried in Mean Girls could run
My kid insisted we all dress up as Mario characters for Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
My kid insisted we all dress up as Mario characters for Halloween
Grej jag märkt: folk som säger Åh så gott!! när de får in maten på restaurang. Dvs. innan de smakat.
October 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Grej jag märkt: folk som säger Åh så gott!! när de får in maten på restaurang. Dvs. innan de smakat.
Self-promotion in the time of cholera www.publishersweekly.com/9781566897471
Hyper by Agri Ismaïl
Ismaïl debuts with a captivating satire of materialism and ambition. In 1978, Rafiq Hardi Kerman, founder of the Communist Party...
www.publishersweekly.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Self-promotion in the time of cholera www.publishersweekly.com/9781566897471
lol if I called my dad’s cousin ”my dad’s cousin” rather than my auntie, I’d get a right bollocking from her I’ll tell you that
October 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
lol if I called my dad’s cousin ”my dad’s cousin” rather than my auntie, I’d get a right bollocking from her I’ll tell you that
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New long-form interview with me in Asymptote!
The new edition of Asymptote is out today - and I got to interview the wonderful @jencalleja.bsky.social for it 😊 Have a read here!
www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...
www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...
An Interview with Jen Calleja - Asymptote
I met with Jen Calleja—author, musician and translator from German extraordinaire—at the Edinburgh International Book Festival where she was taking part in two events. In the first, she ap...
www.asymptotejournal.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
New long-form interview with me in Asymptote!
Why in the name of all that is holy was the Princess Bride called BLEKA DÖDENS MINUT in Swedish (pale minute of death)
October 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Why in the name of all that is holy was the Princess Bride called BLEKA DÖDENS MINUT in Swedish (pale minute of death)
Tänk att det finns en ny Pynchon att läsa, ändå www.expressen.se/kultur/bocke...
AGRI ISMAÏL: Thomas Pynchon är en av världens mest säregna författare
”Shadow ticket” är den folkskygge och ständigt Nobelpristippade författaren Thomas Pynchons nya bok. Agri Ismaïl roas av en säregen detektivroman som utvecklas till en screwballkomedi.
www.expressen.se
October 22, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Tänk att det finns en ny Pynchon att läsa, ändå www.expressen.se/kultur/bocke...
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Thought this was v interesting. I left Spotify last year because there was just too much AI junk, and I do not regret it. pitchfork.com/thepitch/spo...
Spotify’s New Policy Won’t Stop the Wave of AI Slop
Rabbit Holed is Kieran Press-Reynolds’ weekly column exploring songs and scenes at the intersection of music and digital culture, separating shitpost genius from shitpassé lameness. This week, Kieran ...
pitchfork.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Thought this was v interesting. I left Spotify last year because there was just too much AI junk, and I do not regret it. pitchfork.com/thepitch/spo...
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Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
www.aftonbladet.se
October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...
October 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...
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How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.