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This year has been eventful!! I've learned so much, I've grown and, more importantly, I read books and watched shows and movies, and listened to music. So here are my top 3 from each category.

Top 3 books

Catch 22 - I can't begin to describe how much I enjoyed this book. I'd talk about it to anyone who would listen, I feel extremely happy when it's mentioned. One of the best war novels and best representation of post-trauma. Also funny and weird

The Book of Love - I love weird books. This was slow, but it was so worth reading and so unique.

The Sunshine Court +The Golden Raven (unfinished series) - I'd love everything set in this world tbh. I love Jean, and I love Jeremy, and I love them together.

Top 3 shows

Severance - what can I say? The show deserves all the hype. It's morally ambiguous, it's unique, and it's entertaining as hell.

The Empress - I love historical fiction and especially the dramatic kind that takes itself seriously.

Cunk On Earth - funny as hell.

Top 3 movies

Small Things Like These - it's been a while since I watched a movie that awed me as much as this one. This is the kind of movie you have to watch in the cinema and I love it for this.

Synecdoche New York - just like I love weird books, I also love weird movies.

Nosferatu - weird movie, very good horror.

Top 3 albums

The Tortured Poets Department by Taylor Swift - I know we're supposed to be showgirls now (and I love the album) but I'm still in the department and I Hate It Here so please change the prophecy.

The Secret of Us by Gracie Abrams - what can I say? A great album, with great melodies and great lyrics.

Ismail is a Palestinian short film directed by Nora Alsharif. The film is inspired by the Palestinian artist and historian Ismail Shammount, it's a day in the life short of Ismail and his younger brother after their family was expelled from their homes after the Nakba.

It's a tense day and the short perfectly shows the horrors of the Nakba how this didn't start in October 2023, and the courage and kindness in the Palestinian spirit.

I really recommend this short film and you can watch it below on Youtube for free. I'll try to post Palestinian films/books more regularly too.