The Culturist is my blog exploring art and culture and my interests and obsessions

British by birth, Iraqi by heritage, my life circumstances have created a unique combination of personality, ideology, adventures, and misadventures—and this is where I share them.

I write mainly about Arab art and culture, my travels, books, food, nature and history, and anything else that catches my attention, because hey, otherwise it would just be another boring website.

I’m not here to show off or churn out “content.” I actually enjoy these things, and I want to create good writing that will hopefully interest you too in a world where fewer people are reading.