# Saira Cissé

> Observations, cultural commentary, and personal essays


## Posts

- [Why Familiar Songs Feel Like Places](https://sairacisse.com/why-familiar-songs-feel-like-places/): A song can return us to an old room, a particular walk or a version of ourselves we thought we had outgrown. I’m less interested in nostalgia as a cure than in the way it lets memory speak.
- [A Handwritten Notice Has a Neighbourly Voice](https://sairacisse.com/a-handwritten-notice-has-a-neighbourly-voice/): A note taped beside a café till can tell you more than the information it carries. Its handwriting, placement and little imperfections make a public place feel addressed to someone in particular.
- [The Small Courtesy of Looking Up](https://sairacisse.com/the-small-courtesy-of-looking-up/): On a shared journey, a lowered phone can feel like a tiny invitation back into the room. I’m interested in what that gesture offers—and what it doesn’t ask of us.

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