Shams wa Noor / Sun and Light

Ask.   I'm in love with California's coastline and a little place called Scripps College for Women. This is a collection of the cute and pretty, as well as the things I hold close to my heart. Love and faith, Arabic and Beirut.

First line from my AUB welcome handbook:

“Welcome and greetings from the shores of the beautiful Mediterranean!”

AHHHH

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#Beirut  #Lebanon  #AUB 

Brandon Jenner is the wisest person on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. 

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#Brandon Jenner  #kardashians 
"The only darkness we should allow into our lives is the night and, even then, we have the moon."
Warsan Shire (via perseused)

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"Be with those who help your being."
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middleeasternpoetry:


Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. - Rumi

middleeasternpoetry:

Today, like every other day, we wake up empty and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument. Let the beauty we love be what we do. - Rumi

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bcleazy:

If I Needed You - Mumford and Sons, live on NPR’s World Cafe (9/28/2012)

(via allgreatandpreciousthings)

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#Mumford and Sons 
npr:

life:

LIFE.com celebrates Father’s Day with a special gallery featuring classic portraits of famous dads and their daughters.
Pictured: John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, 1958.
(Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Happy Father’s Day!

npr:

life:

LIFE.com celebrates Father’s Day with a special gallery featuring classic portraits of famous dads and their daughters.

Pictured: John F. Kennedy with daughter Caroline, 1958.

(Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Happy Father’s Day!

(via brooklynmutt)

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#JFK 

first look of ginny as jackie kennedy in “killing kennedy” 

Two of my obsessions just intertwined.

AH.

(Source: belledearie, via goshdarncute)

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italdred:

PCH - Near Big Sur (by mr_student)

italdred:

PCH - Near Big Sur (by mr_student)

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fattysaid:

Graffiti in Cairo, Egypt by Bahia Shehab that reads:
“You can crush the flowers but you cannot delay the spring”

fattysaid:

Graffiti in Cairo, Egypt by Bahia Shehab that reads:

“You can crush the flowers but you cannot delay the spring”

(via theuncolonizedmind)

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