Category: ENGLISH
-
Somewhere between Kalabalık Yalnızlık and Capharnaüm
Ekzofonik sözlüğüme hoş geldiniz! Yeni bir yazı okumak üzeresiniz. Capharnaüm. A cluttered and messy place. The Turkish word kalabalık yalnızlık, or “crowded loneliness”, won a million votes, beating “digital fatigue” and other contenders. For me, the word kalabalik has always been a favourite, and this newly voted word just adds to the collection of true…
-
Bülbül, or what happened in Nightingale Street?
Ekzofonik sözlüğüme hoş geldiniz! Yeni bir yazı okumak üzeresiniz. Bülbül. Luscinia megarhynchos, from the nightingale family, known for the beauty of its voice. This word surprised me at first because I had heard it in Wolof as well. Then, when I started learning Turkish, I decided to write a short story about a nightingale that…
-
I listened to Nizar Qabbani
A dose of my exophonic existence: WordPress suggests correcting the word “exophonic” to “monophonic”. I read this as yet another demand to simplify our existence and exclude the possibility of linguistic diversity as a norm. My original point was to tell you that I listened again to Nizar Qabbani and his poem Risaala taht al-ma’…
-
Exploring São Vicente: A Personal Photo Diary
My photographic diary will progress slowly and sporadically as I will be carrying my old Konica and film most of the time. But why rush? For now, it’s just good to be back in São Vicente.
-
Upcoming Cultural Space: Workshops and Events in Photography
When you visit a holiday destination, do you buy photographs taken there as souvenirs? The Zangaki brothers based their business on this very idea, with their studio conveniently located in Port Said, where people started their Grand Tour of Egypt. Of course, cameras were rare in those days, so the brothers struck while the iron…
J.K. Pikkujämsä 