Author: Abderrahman Alamrani
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What a Lie Looks Like
This is not a guide to lying. It is a guide to reading deception more carefully. Lies do not always appear as obvious nervousness or dramatic guilt. They often look like control, rehearsal, selective truth, misplaced calm, and stories that only work when no one looks too closely.
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What a Lie Becomes
A lie feels like a quick solution, but it creates a second version of reality you have to carry, protect, and maintain.
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When Law Becomes Too Much
More rules do not always produce more justice. Cicero’s warning, summum ius, summa iniuria, reminds us that law can betray its own purpose when it becomes excessive, rigid, or too clever with its own wording.
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The Myths Behind El Clásico
El Clásico is never only Real Madrid against Barcelona. Behind the match sits a heavier story: Civil War memory, Franco-era propaganda, Catalan identity, political myth, and the contradictions both clubs carry. The rivalry matters because it turns football into a stage where Spain keeps returning to arguments it has never fully resolved.
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When Connection Replaces Presence
We use technology to reach each other, but something has changed in the way we listen, speak, and stay present. Being reachable is not the same as being available, and constant contact is not the same as closeness.
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What Tolstoy Shows About Time, People, and Action
Tolstoy’s story doesn’t give abstract advice. It shows, through one sequence of events, why attention to the present matters more than any plan.
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Somewhere Between Necessity and Belief
The honest answer to “Why are you a teacher?” is not always simple or inspirational. Sometimes it begins with necessity, survives through discomfort, and only later becomes belief in students, classrooms, and the strange work of helping people grow.
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Blanche DuBois and the Violence of Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire is not only about Blanche’s collapse. It is about the forces that make survival depend on illusion.