21 favourites for my 21st birthday

Hi all,

This is going to be my first English post in the blog. I hope you won't mind the change of language. I just felt like writing in English instead of French. Therefore, I though, why not (?)

Sooooo last weekend I turned 21. It now has been 3 years since I opened this blog. Time flies...
I thought that on this occasion, I would share with you some of my favourites: tv series, blogs, youtube channels, instagram accounts etc that I have discovered during this last year.

Let's go!

Top 3 tv series:

1) The handmaid's tale

Based on a book written by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood, this series sets in a dystopian post-apocalyptic world where most women have lost the ability to be pregnant. Therefore the "fertile women" have become very valuable to the rich fundamentalists that rule the country. These women are exploited for their ability to bear children, they are the handmaids.
The series is amazingly written, filmed, edited. Every episode leaves you astonished and full of philosophical questions (at least it did with me aha)

2) Outlander

Also based on a series of books, this series is the perfect mix between the two genres historical and fantastic. It begins with Claire Randall, who was a nurse during WWII and goes back to her husband at the end of the war. The couple takes a holiday in the Scottish Highlands and at some point upon touching an old stone, Claire is transported to the past 200 years before in 1747 rebellious jacobine Scotland.
Again another most amazingly shot series. The Scottish landscapes are just magnificient. The settings, the outfits, the accents are all perfectly thought about. Outlander makes you dive in 18th Century Scotland.

3) 3%
I am not a fan of thrillers but this netflix brazilian produced series really appealed to me. It is again set in a dystopian world where only an elite group of people live in an island with all modern technology whereas the rest of the population lives or should I say, survives in a dilapidated city. Every year some of them are given the chance to go to the island throughout a big ceremony but only 3% can succeed. They have to pass a number of tests with each one leaving many of the candidates behind either dead or at best giving up.
If the scenario can remind us at first of the Hunger games, it is not the same actually as this series seems to be using the dystopy to denounce inequalities in the world. It tackles the issue of management of human resources, sustainability and many other questions that I think are really thoughtful!

Top 5 blogs:

1) https://kahwamonamour.fr
The best French blog for coffee amateurs. You can also learn about history, art or more recently discover another side of the United Arab Emirates.

2) https://plumedegazellesite.wordpress.com
If you enjoy reading about tv series, French cinema and many other delightful subjects then meet Plume de Gazelle.

3) http://whateverworks.fr
Discover Normandy, Parisian art galleries or exposition but also amazing pictures

4) https://plumedamethyste.wordpress.com
Litterature lovers, go check out Radjaa's blog. More than just talking about litterature she also writes some!!

5) https://latitethesarde.wordpress.com
If you want to have fun but also discover what the routine of a Phd candidate is, you should definitely go take a look into this blog.

And additional special mention to https://lejournalintimederanda.wordpress.com on which you can discover why Maghrebian people offer sugar when they invite each other and also how to put on or lose weight according to the famous Andalusian doctor and scientist Rhases.

Ps: all of these blogs are written in French. Sorry if you don't understand it... but hey, here is an English written blog I just discovered and I already love: https://sky-m-3ali.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

Top 5 youtube channels which deserve more attention

1) Amine Mghari's channel is just amazing. This young Morrocan youtuber decided to take upon the project of travelling towards Palestine first with almost no money counting on people's generosity and he documented his Journey. The concept then evolved and he keeps on vlogging his travels through Jamaica, England, Wales etc..

2) Poetically Serine
Poetry on youtube, impossible? Not for our girl..

3) STYLEOFSABLE
Just a very dedicated young Australian youtuber with cool aesthetics

4) Imane Asry alias Fashion with faith
How come does she have less than 40k followers. I mean that's a lot but her vlogs, her filming, her scandinavian style. All of it is so cool.

5) Finally the last youtuber I will talk about is: إقرأ مع ياسين
Just because we need more Morrocan and more generally, arab talking booktubers.

Top 5 instagram accounts

1) @arabictypography
Such an original and artistic instagram theme. I love it!

2) @greenkum
They deserve more followers! They convey such important messages! Love it!

3) @by_tuffix
Berlinian comic illustrator that shares short stories through comics in her instagram. You can even send her your own story and she can draw it into a comic. Love it!

4) @ayoubarouk
Morrocan instagrammer based in Agadir.
His photos make me soooo homesick. But I guess that's exatly why I love it.

5) @hanaanbidar
Morrocan instagrammer based in Rabat. Such an incredible artist!! Her paintings are fascinating!
Plus I love her bio with the "unapolegitically niqabi" YAS SIS!

Top 3 artists

1) I recently discovered the British-Somali artist Warsan Shire and lemme tell you that her work: "Home" gave me the chills.

2) She is a British-Sudanese woman. She fought for her right to play basket ball with her hijab and she won. She is a spoken word artist, she won a BBC poetry competition and published her book.
Let me introduce you to Asma Elbadawi.

3) Finally I am closing up this article with a song that is very much linked to my birthday theme i.e : Since 96 by Aaron Aye.