Library
The books, channels, podcasts, films, and music that keep me company.
Bookshelf
Where most of my questions start. Deep time and extinction share the shelf with Arabic novels on culture and politics.
Nonfiction
Mystery
Fiction
Literature
Politics
Currently reading
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
Steve Brusatte
Nonfiction
Wonderful Life
Wonderful Life
Stephen Jay Gould
Nonfiction
The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
Elizabeth Kolbert
Nonfiction
Read
Flights of Fancy
Flights of Fancy
Richard Dawkins
Nonfiction
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction, Mystery, Literature
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction, Mystery, Literature
A Study in Scarlet
A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle
Fiction, Mystery, Literature
Steal Like an Artist
Steal Like an Artist
Austin Kleon
Nonfiction
تاريخ العصامية والجربعة
تاريخ العصامية والجربعة
Mohamed Naeem
Nonfiction, Politics
لا شيء بالصدفة: العلاقة الممكنة بين الإيمان ونظرية التطور
لا شيء بالصدفة: العلاقة الممكنة بين الإيمان ونظرية التطور
Ahmed Khairy Al-Omari
Nonfiction
يسمعون حسيسها
يسمعون حسيسها
Ayman Otoom
Fiction, Literature, Politics
ساق البامبو
ساق البامبو
Saud Alsanousi
Fiction, Literature
Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish
Neil Shubin
Nonfiction
Channels
My second classroom: mathematics, biology, and technology, explained by people who clearly love their subject.
Podcasts
Company for walks and long drives. Science and philosophy, with the occasional true-crime case for the road.
Cinema
Stories I return to: courtroom tension, slow-burning mysteries, and animated films I never quite outgrew.
Drama
Thriller
Mystery
Crime
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Music
What plays while I write, read, code, study, and drive. George Wassouf and Warda have been among my top artists for four years in a row.
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
Egyptian folk (Sha'abi)
Arabic Pop
Pop
Afrobeats
Hip-hop
Abdel Halim Hafez
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
Burna Boy
Afrobeats
Fairuz
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
George Wassouf
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
Majida El Roumi
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
Mayada El Hennawy
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
Michael Jackson
Pop
NF
Hip-hop
Sharmoofers
Egyptian folk (Sha'abi), Arabic Pop
Sia
Pop
Umm Kulthum
Classical Arabic (Tarab)
Warda
Classical Arabic (Tarab)