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nsh.

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About Me



www.nosnowhere.com

I've been writing No Snow Here zine ) since about 2002, and it was predated by several embarrassing zines from 1998-2002. No Snow Here a perzine from Detroit/Toledo about life, strength, growing up, and making changes from an Arab American feminist perspective. Copies are available from the distros listed below. If you aren't familiar with ordering from distros, don't worry: Each distro includes ordering information on their site.

Available at:
C/S Distro
Dauntless Heart Distro
Gigglebot Distro
HousewifeXcore Distro
MY MY Distro
Learning to Leave a Paper Trail Distro
Stranger Danger Distro

Come to the 2007 Allied Media Conference June 22nd-24th in Detroit!
Check for No Snow Here #11 premiering in late June 2007!

My Interests

knitting and crocheting, mr. ricky walker jr., making art, my computer, printmaking, zines, independant publishing, feminist theory, detroit, drinking water, no snow here, distros, sewing, my pregnant friends, my non-pregnant friends, fighting, debate, reading and writing zines, printmaking, drawing, not painting, printmaking is better than painting, shibborri, fabric dying, wearing glasses, my ipod, toledo, being in art school.

I'd like to meet:

Zinesters, distro owners, printmakers, non-white intellectuals, feminists, artists, people i used to trade with, art therapists, art theorists, mixed people, militant ayrabs, people who read my zine and fiber arts enthusiasts.

Music:

fugazi, little brother, italian reggae from the sud, the new beyonce, classic hiphop, indie rap, and the music i listened to when i was in high school.

Movies:

lots and lots and lots and lots.

Television:

cnn, the o.c. and girlfriends.

Books:

right now it's all about shirin neshat, western representations of muslim women, and the politics of "veiling" for my contemporary art term paper. usually, textbooks, my friend's zines, bell hooks and i've been working on guns, germs and steel by jared diamond and palestine by joe sacco for a few months.

Heroes:

babies, dogs and cats.

My Blog

my new blog

hey everyone! from now on, all blogging done by me will go here: http://no-snow-here.blogspot.com/. please bookmark it and visit often! love, nadia p.s. i am loving italian myspace!...
Posted by nsh. on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 01:13:00 PST

ElleGirl Zine Article

This article appeared in the August 2006 issue of the now defunct ElleGirl magazine.Zine QueensI was 16 years old when I saw my first zine. It was called Griot, and it was about folk-punk and revoluti...
Posted by nsh. on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:34:00 PST

going on hiatus- get my zines now!

i'm taking a hiatus from zines to focus on other things, and i have some copies of no snow here #10 i want to get rid of. distros only please get at me about picking up 5+ copies wholesale (i don't tr...
Posted by nsh. on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:31:00 PST

Middle Eastern American Comedy Show on comedycentral.com!

A posting BY DEAN OBEIDALLAH:"I just wanted to share some exciting news. A new Internet comedy show is coming out on Comedy Central.com called "The Watch List" and it features the top Middle Eastern-A...
Posted by nsh. on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:10:00 PST

Unembedded: Photojournalism in Iraq

Click here to read my article on the "Unembedded" exhibition, a collection of photos from the ground in Iraq, depicting the daily life of Iraqis....
Posted by nsh. on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:49:00 PST

nonabel

haha, what's wrong with this picture?(click on it and read what it's supposed to say. i'll give you a hint: that's not what it says)...
Posted by nsh. on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:14:00 PST

dick cheney on the media

while doing a little research for an article i'm writing, i came upon this: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday the evidence is "overwhelming" that al Qaeda had a relationshi...
Posted by nsh. on Tue, 05 Dec 2006 04:26:00 PST

old blog

i reposted a couple of old blog posts from my livejournal, nobetternoworse, which i don't use anymore. i reposted the posts i liked best, but you can go back and read about the other stuff that was on...
Posted by nsh. on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:08:00 PST

criticism of islam and self hate, from 9/11/06

i came across this video in an online jewish community, but i haven't seen anything about it in mainstream media or in online arab communities. anyone else?.. width="425" height="350">..> does it look...
Posted by nsh. on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:56:00 PST

voting

look, i will not be voting tomorow, and i don't know if i will ever be able to bring myself to vote again. what i want to know is, why is everyone acting like our votes matter? am i being overly pessi...
Posted by nsh. on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:31:00 PST