Sonia Sulaiman
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
I write stories inspired by Palestinian folklore. Ignyte and Ember Award winning, Pushcart, Palestine Book, & Lammy noms. BNW and Locus finalist. (she/her) Clarion West '25
https://www.soniasulaiman.com
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Sonia Sulaiman
@soniasulaiman.bsky.social
· Dec 17
For the many new followers. Hi, I..
* write fantasy inspired by Palestinian folklore
*have been nominated for a few awards
* am spiritually fruity
* am aroace
* curate a reading list of Palestinian spec fic
soniasulaiman.com
* write fantasy inspired by Palestinian folklore
*have been nominated for a few awards
* am spiritually fruity
* am aroace
* curate a reading list of Palestinian spec fic
soniasulaiman.com
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Mannnnnnn
Me every day.
This bitch peri has hands.
This bitch peri has hands.
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Mannnnnnn
I’m coming down with something. Here’s hoping whatever it is doesn’t stay long. 🙏
December 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I’m coming down with something. Here’s hoping whatever it is doesn’t stay long. 🙏
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I’m starting to think about the February list for the Night Market Book Club read. I want to have a short list of novellas. For this purpose, a novella is a prose fiction piece 300 pages or less.
What are some of your favourites, and why?
What are some of your favourites, and why?
December 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I’m starting to think about the February list for the Night Market Book Club read. I want to have a short list of novellas. For this purpose, a novella is a prose fiction piece 300 pages or less.
What are some of your favourites, and why?
What are some of your favourites, and why?
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I’m starting to think about the February list for the Night Market Book Club read. I want to have a short list of novellas. For this purpose, a novella is a prose fiction piece 300 pages or less.
What are some of your favourites, and why?
What are some of your favourites, and why?
December 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I’m starting to think about the February list for the Night Market Book Club read. I want to have a short list of novellas. For this purpose, a novella is a prose fiction piece 300 pages or less.
What are some of your favourites, and why?
What are some of your favourites, and why?
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it is completely reasonable to not be excited about right to die being legislated during a fascist regime that is constantly doing eugenics, actually
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
it is completely reasonable to not be excited about right to die being legislated during a fascist regime that is constantly doing eugenics, actually
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So wait, who took *this* guy's picture??? Was there an infinitude of photographers up skyscrapers under construction taking pictures of photographers taking pictures of photographers [... repeat until infinity...] taking iconic shots of workers???
There's a good chance it was this guy, William Leftwich.
December 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
So wait, who took *this* guy's picture??? Was there an infinitude of photographers up skyscrapers under construction taking pictures of photographers taking pictures of photographers [... repeat until infinity...] taking iconic shots of workers???
It is really refreshing to experience how maximalist our ancestors in the countryside were. In so I’ve seen, the driving force behind materials was to get the best. The finest colours, the best Syrian silk. And they had special embroidered gowns just for gardening in!
I finally tried doing some OG tatreez, the kind Palestinians were doing before the Nakba. Not pearl cotton from DMC but hand spun silk. I’m neither good at spinning nor embroidery but it’s interesting to see how it turned out.
December 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It is really refreshing to experience how maximalist our ancestors in the countryside were. In so I’ve seen, the driving force behind materials was to get the best. The finest colours, the best Syrian silk. And they had special embroidered gowns just for gardening in!
I know you were waiting for me to talk about how the organizing to Utopia workshop went today. I had a great time. I wrote a lot and it was surprising just how gently the words came. I’m still processing it all, and perhaps I’ll share some of what I wrote. For now, I’m just grateful.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I know you were waiting for me to talk about how the organizing to Utopia workshop went today. I had a great time. I wrote a lot and it was surprising just how gently the words came. I’m still processing it all, and perhaps I’ll share some of what I wrote. For now, I’m just grateful.
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I finally tried doing some OG tatreez, the kind Palestinians were doing before the Nakba. Not pearl cotton from DMC but hand spun silk. I’m neither good at spinning nor embroidery but it’s interesting to see how it turned out.
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I finally tried doing some OG tatreez, the kind Palestinians were doing before the Nakba. Not pearl cotton from DMC but hand spun silk. I’m neither good at spinning nor embroidery but it’s interesting to see how it turned out.
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Not only are LLMs speedrunning a post-truth world where actual heroes who stop violent crimes get erased, but they have already contributed to convincing people to commit violent crimes.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Not only are LLMs speedrunning a post-truth world where actual heroes who stop violent crimes get erased, but they have already contributed to convincing people to commit violent crimes.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
Love yourself too much to let yourself be poisoned.
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hamza. Hamza was a barber who had opened his own shop before the war began. He lost his home and shop and most tragically his younger brother. He’s been trying to rebuild and to help his orphaned nieces and nephews Huda, 5, Tala, 3 and Sham, 1
December 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Hamza. Hamza was a barber who had opened his own shop before the war began. He lost his home and shop and most tragically his younger brother. He’s been trying to rebuild and to help his orphaned nieces and nephews Huda, 5, Tala, 3 and Sham, 1
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One more day folks!
Send us your queer speculative flash fiction!
Send us your queer speculative flash fiction!
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
One more day folks!
Send us your queer speculative flash fiction!
Send us your queer speculative flash fiction!
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Winter has hit Gaza City hard, and my friend Sama'a relies on our help to keep her children clothed and fed. Please give what you can to help.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
December 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Winter has hit Gaza City hard, and my friend Sama'a relies on our help to keep her children clothed and fed. Please give what you can to help.
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
tinyurl.com/SamaasFamily
I tried out the new Dutch oven with a roast chicken. I think it looks good! I tried a new recipe. The sumac looked funky so I decided to just use some of my family’s favourite seasoned salt along with the fresh herbs, lemon and garlic. I’ll do a taste test soon.
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I tried out the new Dutch oven with a roast chicken. I think it looks good! I tried a new recipe. The sumac looked funky so I decided to just use some of my family’s favourite seasoned salt along with the fresh herbs, lemon and garlic. I’ll do a taste test soon.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Insane. Netanyahu is blaming the horrible shooting in Australia on Australia calling to recognize Palestine as a state:
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Insane. Netanyahu is blaming the horrible shooting in Australia on Australia calling to recognize Palestine as a state:
I’m going to a workshop today about building to utopia. I refuse to let my imagination be constricted by our present which is so full of pain and oppression.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I’m going to a workshop today about building to utopia. I refuse to let my imagination be constricted by our present which is so full of pain and oppression.
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With windchill it feels like -13F outside, but mercifully today's highwire routine is complete.
Giant thanks for getting me home and being my net. I'm gonna eat and *recline* 🥱💜🐙
Giant thanks for getting me home and being my net. I'm gonna eat and *recline* 🥱💜🐙
I have titty appointments to go to during today, another overnight call shift tonight, and high odds that I could be going to a birth and a half.
An immediate $150 goal for transportation funds will keep me from getring stranded in -6F weather.
An immediate $150 goal for transportation funds will keep me from getring stranded in -6F weather.
My in-bio site is functional in a static business card kind of way. I know newsletters are what all the cool authors have, the way my neurology is set up newsletters are hell. But Ko-fi is a great place to catch up with me, and if we're accustomed to interacting my DMs can get you my Signal.
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
With windchill it feels like -13F outside, but mercifully today's highwire routine is complete.
Giant thanks for getting me home and being my net. I'm gonna eat and *recline* 🥱💜🐙
Giant thanks for getting me home and being my net. I'm gonna eat and *recline* 🥱💜🐙
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After a doctor's examination, it was determined that my son Ahmed needs corrective eye surgery at a young age to prevent damage to his vision. However, the cost is high. Please help us to treat my child Ahmed.
www.gofundme.com/f/dd6vn-dona...
www.gofundme.com/f/dd6vn-dona...
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
After a doctor's examination, it was determined that my son Ahmed needs corrective eye surgery at a young age to prevent damage to his vision. However, the cost is high. Please help us to treat my child Ahmed.
www.gofundme.com/f/dd6vn-dona...
www.gofundme.com/f/dd6vn-dona...
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If you are still that infernal site Goodreads, there's a YEAR OF THE MER giveaway going on right meow
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
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Year of the Mer
A dark, bloody epic fantasy reimagining of The Little M…
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December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you are still that infernal site Goodreads, there's a YEAR OF THE MER giveaway going on right meow
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
www.goodreads.com/en/book/show...
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...