Part One
Fum al-Ḥūt فم الحوت
Mouth of the Whale

Part Two
Saʿad udh-Dhābiḥ سّعد الذّابح
The lucky star of the Slaughterer

Part Three
Al-Qurḥah القرحة
The Blaze on a Horse's Brow

Part Four
Al-Lasʿah اللسعة
The sting

Part Five
Rijl ul-Qanṭūris رجل القنطورس
The Foot of the Centaur

The Book of Fixed Stars.
Five Scores for Piano and Sewing Machine.

The Book of Fixed Stars (Arabic: كتاب صور الكواكب kitāb suwar al-kawākib, literally The Book of the Shapes of Stars) is an astronomical text written by Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) around 964.

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I've not spoken my dad since Christmas. It still bothers me that he hasn't talked to me on the phone. Part of that is because he find's it hard to call me Freda now. I don't think he is anti my transition. Its just a case of him realising his usual way of dealing with problems as jokes wont work this time. Its a bit more real. He communicates ( Read more... )

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I came out as trans this year (2021). I'm 44 now and I have always known l was trans but the reasons l didn't come out sooner come down to a lack personal confidence and following and being affected by learnt behaviours within a misogynistic culture. Now, finally being in a job and round people l know would support me l have been able to address ( Read more... )