Category Archives: TEXTS
What Happened in 2021?
ForewordDear reader,let me reassure you from the beginning: this is not a post about what happened in the world in the past year. It is ...
Saving a Date
Today, on my fourth "official" day out of my Covid-19-Omicron-infection-quarantine, I found the following note in my Corona Diaries notebook. I remember writing this sentence ...
Happy New Year from the Corona Family
No human beings were harmed in the making of these pictures. 29/12/21"Where to start from?" is the chronicler's eternal first question. Sometimes, the best is ...
The Corona Diaries Digest (A Year and a Half Later)
Today I received some copies of the latest issue of Sound American (check it if you don't know it; it is an essential publication). I ...
Riding the Fifth Wave (II)
Two days later, my brother Walid called me to see if the plan of reuniting all the family for Christmas in Berlin was still on.– ...
Riding the Fifth Wave (I)
During the light setup for the portrait, a few minutes prior to Raed's phone call – Photo by Tony Elieh It all started exactly twelve ...
Beirut, Dear Beirut
After one year on its creation, my short story "Dear B." got finally translated to English on Words Without Borders. It is so terrible to ...
My Father Is Not Adolf Hitler
It’s been a while since my last post. Too much things are happening. Life is back to almost normal. No, wait, there is the new ...
Bless You! (Corona’s Birthday – Final Part)
And this is the last story that didn't get drawn last summer. I feel it is a good one to finish those birthday posts. I ...
Ich bin (ein) Berliner (Corona’s Birthday – Part IX)
This is the penultimate drawing from last year's notebooks, and it is dedicated to all the readers in Berlin and in the world ...
These Old Friends You Do not Recognise Anymore (Corona’s Birthday – Part VIII)
One more idea from last summer that was not drawn back then.I was thinking of drawing my passport or my toilet case for this idea; ...
Some Things Never Change (Palestine On My Mind)
I want to post some more drawings from the "Corona Birthday" series. I want to make a new post about my trip to Beirut. About ...
I Love You Mom (Corona’s Birthday – Part VII)
The drawing is after a portrait of Laure (next to one of her drawings) by Tony Elieh I continue celebrating the first year of Corona ...
Good Old Big Brother (Corona’s Birthday – Part VI)
I continue celebrating the first year of Corona with a series of new-old drawings.After the first lockdown, I was a little bit fed-up with those ...
