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small girl big world

By Alia Sofiya

my recipe for a good photo

my recipe for a good photo

why some photos just hit

May 14•Alia Sofiya


fig tree analogy: navigating post-grad life

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fig tree analogy: navigating post-grad life

Jul 7, 2025•Alia Sofiya

the smell of possibility in the morning

the smell of possibility in the morning

Jul 19, 2025•Alia Sofiya

To The Land that Still Believes in Mornings

To The Land that Still Believes in Mornings

Oct 4, 2025•Alia Sofiya

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My same old approach

Dec 30, 2025•Alia Sofiya

Mornings in Jenin, olives & figs, what fiction is now prophecy.

Oct 4, 2025•Alia Sofiya

peak girlhood

a mark of lived experience, a residue of intimacy that contradicts performativity.

Sep 25, 2025•Alia Sofiya

Not a Ladder, but a Table

The Fig Society, the club I needed, space that breathes, curating connection.

Sep 24, 2025•Alia Sofiya

I think I was put on this earth to move hearts

admitting my humanity, the weight beneath admiration.

Aug 23, 2025•Alia Sofiya

girlhood is a spectrum

double-ownership of your body, Julia Kristeva's concept of women's time in feminist psychoanalytic criticism.

Aug 9, 2025•Alia Sofiya

the smell of possibility in the morning

transitional season of moving out and learning to stand your ground, quiet space

Jul 19, 2025•Alia Sofiya