Arwin Shams Siddiquee

Writing about writing, history, and Palestine

In The Message, Coates details several experiences from his travels to Senegal and Palestine, his correspondences with a teacher in South Carolina fighting against a school board’s push to ban books with topics deemed controversial, and his personal takeaways from these events.

6d ago

Paper dragons, haunted theaters, one very large cicada: An introduction to SCPs

One of the weirder relics of my early days on the internet—one that I'm certain many if not most of my fellow netizens around my age are quite familiar with—is Creepypasta:

2w ago
November 12, 2025
November 12, 2025

Writing about writing, history, and Palestine

In The Message, Coates details several experiences from his travels to Senegal and Palestine, his correspondences with a teacher in South Carolina fighting against a school board’s push to ban books with topics deemed controversial, and his personal takeaways from these events.

November 1, 2025
November 1, 2025

Paper dragons, haunted theaters, one very large cicada: An introduction to SCPs

One of the weirder relics of my early days on the internet—one that I'm certain many if not most of my fellow netizens around my age are quite familiar with—is Creepypasta: