Hello, my name is Waleed El-Geresy. I am researcher who loves writing, about the world, the self, and the mysteries of human nature. I find writing to be a magnificent outlet for expression. This is a space where I share the things I think about, hoping that they might be of interest to others.
My writing is fully hand-crafted, because writing is an art that allows humans to express themselves and we need to preserve its human aspects. The most technical tool I use is a basic spellchecker (and sometimes not even that). That is to say – as a general principle – I refuse to make use of AI language models to generate or curate my written content. This isn’t a claim of grandeur – it’s just a respect for the art of writing, something that I take pleasure in, and that I am happy to suffer the inconvenience of because it gives my life meaning.
This is a short story set in the cold, Northern stretches of the world of Pullman’s creation – one much… Read more…
A review of John le Carré’s The Constant Gardener. Read more…
Giving AI the ability to read and write is a turning point in the course of its development, going far… Read more…
A short story originally written in 2020. I have decided to publish it now due to the recent excitement surrounding… Read more…
Farenheit 451 is a very interesting dystopian novel. It reminds me of 1984 in the way it looks critically at… Read more…
This is my third John le Carré novel, but perhaps it should have been the first I read. This is… Read more…
Hampstead theatre is cosy; its stage slanting downwards towards the audience, grey and completely empty. The lights go out and… Read more…
Through a sea of people you swim and wriggle,All waiting for the same vessel,To carry you far from the place… Read more…
I look at the sky and see you,staring back at me.Watery eyes and wavering mouth,Everywhere and nowhere.Why aren’t you who… Read more…