Farah’s Substack

The Journey To Find the Self

“If you want to be full, let yourself become empty, if you want to be reborn, let yourself die." - Lao Tzu

Aug 8 • 

Farah Noor

May 2025

What is the value of art?

And how the most talked about exhibition helps us find out...

May 21 • 

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April 2025

When the political becomes personal: Gil Scott-Heron's 'Pieces of a Man'.

"Was all that money I made last year for whitey on the moon?"

Apr 10 • 

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March 2025

On the Publishing of Joan Didion's Diary.

And the loss of dignity.

Mar 9 • 

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February 2025

On the Kindness of Others

"The love of our neighbour in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: ‘What are you going through?’" - Simone Weil

Feb 2 • 

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January 2025

The Authors of My Change, Part 2: Simone Weil

In which I discuss the impact that Simone Weil has had on me.

Jan 28 • 

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The Authors of My Change, Part 1: Aldous Huxley.

In which I discuss how Aldous Huxley's writings have impacted me as a person.

Jan 8 • 

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December 2024

Theluji ya Kwanza

The first snows. An interview with my mum.

Dec 23, 2024 • 

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Titanic Rising: Or Finding Love in a Sinking World

An essay about my favourite album...

Dec 2, 2024 • 

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September 2024

The Greatest Living Singer has died.

And no one remembers her.

Sep 19, 2024 • 

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