Sama’an Ashrawi
@sam3an.smntcs.com
Real-life William Miller. Trill Gladiator.
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if you haven’t read this book, now is a good time to do that
June 22, 2025 at 5:24 AM
if you haven’t read this book, now is a good time to do that
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Funniest detail to me re: Thom Yorke's weird relationship to Israel is that it's the first place Creep really took off so Israel kinda launched Radiohead's career. Israeli music fans could not get enough of a song that asks "what the hell am I doing here" and answers with "I don't belong here."
May 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Funniest detail to me re: Thom Yorke's weird relationship to Israel is that it's the first place Creep really took off so Israel kinda launched Radiohead's career. Israeli music fans could not get enough of a song that asks "what the hell am I doing here" and answers with "I don't belong here."
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I wrote about Sinners.
Watching so many Black folk call the film "demonic", I explain how its central horror -- and triumph is that the film casts Black/African spirituality as an effective challenge to Western Christianity.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Watching so many Black folk call the film "demonic", I explain how its central horror -- and triumph is that the film casts Black/African spirituality as an effective challenge to Western Christianity.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | ‘Sinners’ is a Black challenge to White Christianity
Ryan Coogler’s masterpiece mixes African spirits, the American church and the power of music into a terrifying brew.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I wrote about Sinners.
Watching so many Black folk call the film "demonic", I explain how its central horror -- and triumph is that the film casts Black/African spirituality as an effective challenge to Western Christianity.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Watching so many Black folk call the film "demonic", I explain how its central horror -- and triumph is that the film casts Black/African spirituality as an effective challenge to Western Christianity.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
new words from me in GQ:
a story that took me across state lines, over oceans, and through time and space. a search to find a missing member of my father’s band.
an odyssey and a tragedy.
art direction: Rashid Babiker
Illustration: Liorzh
www.gqmiddleeast.com/article/chas...
a story that took me across state lines, over oceans, and through time and space. a search to find a missing member of my father’s band.
an odyssey and a tragedy.
art direction: Rashid Babiker
Illustration: Liorzh
www.gqmiddleeast.com/article/chas...
April 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
new words from me in GQ:
a story that took me across state lines, over oceans, and through time and space. a search to find a missing member of my father’s band.
an odyssey and a tragedy.
art direction: Rashid Babiker
Illustration: Liorzh
www.gqmiddleeast.com/article/chas...
a story that took me across state lines, over oceans, and through time and space. a search to find a missing member of my father’s band.
an odyssey and a tragedy.
art direction: Rashid Babiker
Illustration: Liorzh
www.gqmiddleeast.com/article/chas...
as someone who has been up and down the mississippi blues trail multiple times, of course making the pilgrimage to clarksdale on each trip, i am absolutely in love with the way ryan coogler flipped the mythology of robert johnson for Sinners 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
as someone who has been up and down the mississippi blues trail multiple times, of course making the pilgrimage to clarksdale on each trip, i am absolutely in love with the way ryan coogler flipped the mythology of robert johnson for Sinners 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻
knew it was ramadan but just found out today is friday, how bout that
March 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
knew it was ramadan but just found out today is friday, how bout that
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Omg, look what the authoritarian Republicans are do… oh wait, that’s the Democratic governor of New York violating academic freedom to suppress dissent on Palestine & Israel.
February 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Omg, look what the authoritarian Republicans are do… oh wait, that’s the Democratic governor of New York violating academic freedom to suppress dissent on Palestine & Israel.
yep, this is road trip weather if i’ve ever seen it
February 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
yep, this is road trip weather if i’ve ever seen it
“there’s some bridges you can’t burn” - charley crockett
February 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“there’s some bridges you can’t burn” - charley crockett
Bun B and the Sundance Kids !
January 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Bun B and the Sundance Kids !
Mo season 2 x Maktub.
Song written by Gary Clark Jr. x Me x Jacob Sciba x Elijah Ford.
@a24movies.bsky.social
@netflix.com
Song written by Gary Clark Jr. x Me x Jacob Sciba x Elijah Ford.
@a24movies.bsky.social
@netflix.com
January 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Mo season 2 x Maktub.
Song written by Gary Clark Jr. x Me x Jacob Sciba x Elijah Ford.
@a24movies.bsky.social
@netflix.com
Song written by Gary Clark Jr. x Me x Jacob Sciba x Elijah Ford.
@a24movies.bsky.social
@netflix.com
this is who i write for
January 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
this is who i write for
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one casualty people are not discussing is how the victims of the new orleans attack will pay their hospital bills. the US does not have universal healthcare. the bills may be in the hundreds of thousands for some of them. gunshot victims and rape survivors pay for their injuries too
January 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
one casualty people are not discussing is how the victims of the new orleans attack will pay their hospital bills. the US does not have universal healthcare. the bills may be in the hundreds of thousands for some of them. gunshot victims and rape survivors pay for their injuries too
best possible way to start the new year: finishing this damn script 😭
January 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
best possible way to start the new year: finishing this damn script 😭
ringing in the new year doing what i hope i get to spend 2025 doing: writing.
January 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
ringing in the new year doing what i hope i get to spend 2025 doing: writing.
my special hummus recipe getting the stamp from all my elders is probably the biggest achievement of my life 😭😭😭
January 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
my special hummus recipe getting the stamp from all my elders is probably the biggest achievement of my life 😭😭😭
our family home in nazareth, would be a dream to visit one day. with baba of course 🤞🏻🔮
December 26, 2024 at 12:46 AM
our family home in nazareth, would be a dream to visit one day. with baba of course 🤞🏻🔮
rip robbie robertson, i feel like me n that dude would have been kindred spirits 🕊️
December 25, 2024 at 5:17 AM
rip robbie robertson, i feel like me n that dude would have been kindred spirits 🕊️
how many times have you watched the steely dan aja documentary on youtube ?
me personally probably at least 10
me personally probably at least 10
December 24, 2024 at 8:14 PM
how many times have you watched the steely dan aja documentary on youtube ?
me personally probably at least 10
me personally probably at least 10
idk when it’s gonna happen but i feel an rdr2 replay coming on
December 15, 2024 at 5:49 AM
idk when it’s gonna happen but i feel an rdr2 replay coming on
i already know this one is gonna be special, can’t wait to watch 😭🙌🏻
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
A Questlove Jawn
Director: Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Producer: Joseph Patel
A Questlove Jawn
Director: Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Producer: Joseph Patel
December 12, 2024 at 8:37 AM
i already know this one is gonna be special, can’t wait to watch 😭🙌🏻
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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
A Questlove Jawn
Director: Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Producer: Joseph Patel
A Questlove Jawn
Director: Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Producer: Joseph Patel
December 12, 2024 at 12:14 AM
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
A Questlove Jawn
Director: Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Producer: Joseph Patel
A Questlove Jawn
Director: Ahmir Questlove Thompson
Producer: Joseph Patel
when sturgill said “you know my days don’t see the light” …. i felt that
December 10, 2024 at 8:22 AM
when sturgill said “you know my days don’t see the light” …. i felt that
happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate 🤲🏻
December 9, 2024 at 6:14 PM
happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate 🤲🏻