Alya Mooro
Writer, author of The Greater Freedom, and creator of The Greater Conversation.

The Greater Freedom is part memoir, part cultural exploration—a book for anyone who has ever felt like they don’t quite fit.

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deep in draft 5. thinking a lot about courage, backlash, discipline, and why we do this at all. i read Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd just before getting back into it and many of the ideas have stayed with me. More on my substack! ✍🏽?
what a [month] indeed. & the world keeps going. word to @naika 🙏🏽✨
Egyptians in Kenya & Egyptians in Egypt. The universe generous and smug.
Episode 2 of Call Her Binti ✨ Talking about timelines, singlehood, partnership - and who decides what a “real” life looks like. Watch / listen wherever you get your pods 🥰 @sofiaguellaty @mille_world 🧿
Hi, I’m Alya 👋🏽😌🧿✨ Lots of new faces on here, so this feels like a good moment for a reintroduction - especially after this last little (life-changing) growth spurt. It’s impossible to sum a human up, but here’s a start: I mov
NGL there's real peace in going where you are celebrated. A couple of weeks in Dubai to start the year - snapped very little, lived a lot. I think it suits me here 🫢🧿✨
The pull of the East ❤️ Started the year on my annual trip with @julieb – this time exploring Saudi Arabia for the first time. We spent a few days at @dartantora, an eco-lodge built into the rocks of AlUla, an oasis in the desert lit with cand