raghad ☀️🍊

@raghadjibril.bsky.social

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writer, medic she/elle/هي

My hand holding up the illustrated cover of a book entitled: Turkish fairy tales and folk tales
The cover of War Doctor: Surgery on the Frontlines, by David Nott — a male doctor sits next to a little Black boy with a face mask and surgical cap beneath the title of the book and the author “David Nott”
Unlike the sparkling limelights of the showman, the world of a private collector is full of secrets. Specimens lay scattered in the deep crevices of the earth, to be picked up and gathered in cages and shelves. The provenance of such objects is never without doubt. Much akin to his peers, the late Lord Frederick Blackwell was a naturalist, an anatomist, and a thief.
Selfie of me in a black top, with my hair down
Selfie of me wearing a floral sundress, with my hair down and standing in front of an open door
Mediterranean tiles and a woman with a stethoscope and coffee and me in traditional dress and some decorative flowers and pastilla dish and a blonde woman from a french film and tinkerbell from peter pan
Selfie of me with my hair down, wearing a multicoloured top
Moodboard for the short story
Selfie of me by the window in my room, wearing a traditional caftan and big diamond earrings, with mu hair down
My tabby cat asleep on the edge of a beige sofa
Moodboard for my book featuring A circus tent strewn with fairy lights The silhouette of a carriage and coachman in fog A ringmaster’s uniform A victorian woman’s dress Multicoloured balloons The silhouette of Victorian men on the streets A woman with melting clown makeup A scene from The Greatest Showman: an acrobat up in the air with a man singing below A brown man’s hazel eyes
Artistic photo of gilded flowers
Selfie of me in a garden with short hair, wearing a floral sundress and a gold necklace with an R pendant
Man looking exhausted smoking
Moodboard for my short story featuring a woman applying red lipstick, a ghostly figure holding a lantern, a woman’s face obscured by her dark hair, the silhouette of a girl, a woman in mid 20th century dress exiting her car, the walls of an old home with the framed portrait of a man, a woman’s hand holding a cigarette, a lonely abandoned manor, wooden shelves of skulls and skeletal remains
Meme of man frantically explaining something in front of a wall full of pinned papers and markings
Moodboard for my book featuring A circus tent strewn with fairy lights The silhouette of a carriage and coachman in fog A ringmaster’s uniform A victorian woman’s dress Multicoloured balloons The silhouette of Victorian men on the streets A woman with melting clown makeup A scene from The Greatest Showman: an acrobat up in the air with a man singing below A brown man’s hazel eyes
Moodboard for my book featuring A circus tent strewn with fairy lights The silhouette of a carriage and coachman in fog A ringmaster’s uniform A victorian woman’s dress Multicoloured balloons The silhouette of Victorian men on the streets A woman with melting clown makeup A scene from The Greatest Showman: an acrobat up in the air with a man singing below A brown man’s hazel eyes
Mood board for my book featuring: a photo of a shop window with the banner “cabinet of curiosities”, thorny intertwining twigs, the photo of a bird perched on a messy desk, a cabinet full of medicines and elixirs, a photo of a man in 19th century dress, the skeletal spine of some beast, another man in historical dress staring at a gas lamp on a desk, a flock of ravens flying, the silhouette of a man with a top hat
Photo of a black woman with albinism, blonde hair and fair akin wearing a black shirt and in front if a stone wall
Poster of a family of circus performers with albinism, dressed in European clothing.
Victorian photograph of a European woman with albinism
Fantastical photo of a woman with albinism, dressed in a blue gown, carrying a lantern as she walks through a mystical forest
Photo of a Nigerian/Liberian woman with albinism. @ miriamnjoh
Photo of a man with albinism wearing a checkered blouse atop a white graphic shirt. He’s looking to the side. His hair is a pale white
A model with albinism, pale hair and skin and blue eyes @ zooeydelvalux
Photo of a girl with albinism and a white dog
Photo of an asian model with albinism @ kiker_chan on instagram
Monsters lay asleep on every corner of the Casbah. Evil lurked beneath the cerement of a rainless, heartless year. And danger was a constant enemy. It didn’t matter what had killed them—the teeth of a monster, the dagger of a madman, or the bullet of a soldier. It only mattered that they died, one by one, until a stranger’s face could never be seen twice.
Selfie Photo of my cat staring at the camera
Moodboard for my book featuring A circus tent strewn with fairy lights The silhouette of a carriage and coachman in fog A ringmaster’s uniform A victorian woman’s dress Multicoloured balloons The silhouette of Victorian men on the streets A woman with melting clown makeup A scene from The Greatest Showman: an acrobat up in the air with a man singing below A brown man’s hazel eyes
Moodboard for my book featuring A circus tent strewn with fairy lights The silhouette of a carriage and coachman in fog A ringmaster’s uniform A victorian woman’s dress Multicoloured balloons The silhouette of Victorian men on the streets A woman with melting clown makeup A scene from The Greatest Showman: an acrobat up in the air with a man singing below A brown man’s hazel eyes
Moodboard for circuswip featuring A blonde woman with albinism A man’s silhouette behind a sail or a tent A woman with melting clown makeup A circus tent with hanging lights A circus tent A ringmaster’s suit A brown skinned man’s eye An acrobat’s performance A Black woman’s face
Selfie of me in a garden wearing a floral sundress
The most detailed information appears to be in the (unfortunately incomplete) early 14th-century text Al-bayan al-mughrib. She is said to have had many offers of marriage from tribal chiefs from all over Morocco, but always declined by saying she would marry no-one who did not wish to become ruler of the whole country. It is said she had supernatural powers, and conversed with genies. She married the Almoravid Emir, Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar in September 1068 and offered to put her immense wealth at his disposal. It is said she blindfolded Abu Bakr, then led him to a secret cavern. When she removed the blindfold, he saw around him an immense treasure of gold and silver, pearls and rubies. "All this is yours" she said before leading him out - again blindfolded
Selfie od me outside in a pastel pink sweater
Moodboard of my circuswip book: A closeup photo of a woman with albinism, the interior of a tent, the exterior of a tent with a large Circus banner, a brown skinned man’s hazel eye, an acrobat doing a performance, a Black woman’s portrait, a ringmaster’s costume, a clown’s face with melting makeup, and a small carousel tot
A portrait photo of an Algerian model with dark hair dressed in traditional clothes and jewellery, with a face tattoo on her chin and nose
Selfie of me in the garden wearing a floral dress
Screenshot of an instagram story with the covers of 4 book: A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Gilded Wolves, A Master of Djinn, and Clockwork Angel
Photo of Idina Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, and Kristen Chenoweth wearing red carpet dresses overlaid by a screenshot of a tweet reading “looking at this you’d never know Idina is only 5’4”