Reem means gazelle in Arabic.
The four legged creature and I have a couple of things in common. Firstly, gazelles are indigenous to Asia and Africa, the two continents my heritage roots are planted in!! Also, gazelles are “tan-coloured with white underparts.” Helloooooo! Have you seen me after a day at the beach??
I am not however slender and graceful like a gazelle. I am sprightly, but often occasionally loud and clumsy. Thankfully I don’t embarrass easily. So if I accidentally break all the crystal dessert bowls in your cupboard (true story!) I’ll still stay for tea.
I have a serious side. She lives in the shadows of an oak desk under a grey cloud in a city full of beige people. We don’t invite her to this space though. She’s very pedantic and can burst a deflated balloon, and this space is a sanctuary for magic and madness.
A lot of the nuttiness I nurture is created with my Boody, the being I birthed 20 years ago. If you like what you see here, please reach out, send a complement, suggest a collaboration. If you don’t like it, then close this window and seek your sauce elsewhere. I don’t expect to be adored by all, or even many, but I do want to protect my playground from the misery of misers.
Yalla, let’s play and produce some articulate art!
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If you stumbled across this site looking for serious Reem, you can find her – or at least some pieces of her – here.