Nagihan Haliloğlu
@nhaliloglu.bsky.social
Former Bishop of Oxford. Take me to ceilidh.
One of the beautiful things about festivals is how films start to rhyme. In the Iraqi 'The Lions at the River Tigris' a man is trying to save the porch of a destroyed house, in Spanish 'Sleepless City' Roma man looking at destruction of his house says 'it took me years to build that porch'
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
One of the beautiful things about festivals is how films start to rhyme. In the Iraqi 'The Lions at the River Tigris' a man is trying to save the porch of a destroyed house, in Spanish 'Sleepless City' Roma man looking at destruction of his house says 'it took me years to build that porch'
Ready for my 'office for the day' post?
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Ready for my 'office for the day' post?
My Uber driver speaks a pidgin I can barely understand but when I manage to get the payment through he says laughing 'you landed that one'
I'll assume it's cricket speak 😄
I'll assume it's cricket speak 😄
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My Uber driver speaks a pidgin I can barely understand but when I manage to get the payment through he says laughing 'you landed that one'
I'll assume it's cricket speak 😄
I'll assume it's cricket speak 😄
Doha classic. A study in how can we raise the calories on this dal
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Doha classic. A study in how can we raise the calories on this dal
Happy reviewer moment! Once Upon a Time in Gaza directors have read my review and they like it! (we fist bumped when they realized I was the reviewer) www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy reviewer moment! Once Upon a Time in Gaza directors have read my review and they like it! (we fist bumped when they realized I was the reviewer) www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...
Hanging out with the cool Iranian (and Turkish) kids. Y'all need to watch Divine Comedy!!!!
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hanging out with the cool Iranian (and Turkish) kids. Y'all need to watch Divine Comedy!!!!
This kinda happened to me once
Somebody just liked me on a dating app and then asked me to review his book. I am aghast.
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This kinda happened to me once
And now the QUEEN panel
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
And now the QUEEN panel
Woody Allen is dead, long live Woody Allen
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Woody Allen is dead, long live Woody Allen
There are so many punchlines in Ali Asgari's Divine Comedy I don't know which to quote. Guy's a genius.
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 AM
There are so many punchlines in Ali Asgari's Divine Comedy I don't know which to quote. Guy's a genius.
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Are we still doing diner journalism? Because today at a greasy spoon in Stateline, Nevada, a 65 year old birder named Maryanne told me that she likes that “Mamdonnelly” fellow and thinks that Donald Trump is a pedophile.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Are we still doing diner journalism? Because today at a greasy spoon in Stateline, Nevada, a 65 year old birder named Maryanne told me that she likes that “Mamdonnelly” fellow and thinks that Donald Trump is a pedophile.
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'Oh, an arrow, sooo original.' You had to hand it to St Agnetha, she remained an eighteen carat bitch right to the very end.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
'Oh, an arrow, sooo original.' You had to hand it to St Agnetha, she remained an eighteen carat bitch right to the very end.
Was gonna go see an Iranian film but a dabke group just appeared at the lounge. Some middle eastern problems.
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Was gonna go see an Iranian film but a dabke group just appeared at the lounge. Some middle eastern problems.
FINALLY got out of the future and come to the reconstructed past
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
FINALLY got out of the future and come to the reconstructed past
Let's just say that I have this drive to put myself in situations
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Let's just say that I have this drive to put myself in situations
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does it get better after 85
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
does it get better after 85
Don't know how they managed it but the tea is finally hot and tastes of tea this morning #someTurkishproblems
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Don't know how they managed it but the tea is finally hot and tastes of tea this morning #someTurkishproblems
Princessing continues
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Princessing continues
He is a genius and I love her so much #ThePresidentsCake
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
He is a genius and I love her so much #ThePresidentsCake
You may have gotten the impression that I hated the del Toro Frankenstein and your impression would be correct. Here's my review
www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...
www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...
Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ drains life out of Shelley’s masterpiece
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ is very loosely inspired by the classic novel and offers fireworks instead of a story
www.dailysabah.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 AM
You may have gotten the impression that I hated the del Toro Frankenstein and your impression would be correct. Here's my review
www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...
www.dailysabah.com/arts/reviews...
If I told you we hijacked a car and gatecrashed a consular party you would prolly not believe me but...
November 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If I told you we hijacked a car and gatecrashed a consular party you would prolly not believe me but...
Me and the English, a photo series
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Me and the English, a photo series
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Oxford Handbook to the End of Academia
November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oxford Handbook to the End of Academia
Postcard from the future
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Postcard from the future