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JAMEEL HAIAT
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I Am Who I Am
I believe that who I am is a combination of everything including my creativity, my beliefs, my voice, my perspectives, my thoughts…
Jameel Haiat
Apr 92 min read


Cancer…the Great Equalizer
Cancer doesn't give two shits about who you are, how fit you were, your social status, your frame of mind and on and on and on…
Jameel Haiat
Mar 152 min read


Darkness does come now...
Darkness does come now
Night has begun
He sits there alone
Bleak thoughts are not done...
Jameel Haiat
Feb 221 min read


Saving Ourselves
It’s incredible how timely this piece is with not just regards to being a creative, but also with holding on and persevering in the chaos…
Jameel Haiat
Feb 103 min read


Catching Up
So its been a while...for sure.
The thing is....back in October I was diagnosed with throat cancer.
Jameel Haiat
Feb 22, 20242 min read


Creative Gratification
The other day, I had a conversation with someone about what I do. They were genuinely interested in how I got to where I am...
Jameel Haiat
Oct 2, 20232 min read


I ❤️ Chiang Mai
How the hell did I end up here? I still don't believe that this is where I live, even as the words fill the page.
Jameel Haiat
Sep 24, 20232 min read


Ode to a Rat….
Fake smiles, empty promises and a treasure trove of greed...it's all in a days work for Management.
Jameel Haiat
Sep 3, 20231 min read


Another Fourth of July....America
Being an American abroad, I have gained and furthered my perspective on what it is to be an American, on what freedom means. Those words...
Jameel Haiat
Jul 5, 20232 min read


I Live In Thailand?!
Every single morning, I wake up, look out the window at the beautiful lush farm I live on and think this same amazing thing...
Jameel Haiat
Jun 28, 20232 min read


Hello Chiangmai
It’s been three and a half weeks since I moved from Hong Kong to Chiangmai. It’s a move I wanted, a move I needed. I have no regrets…
Jameel Haiat
Apr 21, 20231 min read


My Tai Ping Shan Street
I'm here, at home on Tai Ping Shan Street, looking out on to my little city below.
My kitchen window invites and coerces me...
Jameel Haiat
Mar 19, 20232 min read


Be a Man…
Aren’t we all emotional beings? What’s wrong with feeling something, anything? What’s wrong with expressing our feelings?
Jameel Haiat
Jan 12, 20231 min read


Thoughts to Now...
The overall feeling of freedom and creativity in my head and heart is something I never knew I could feel nor knew was possible. Truly.
Jameel Haiat
Dec 8, 20222 min read


Hello Universe…I’m still here!
You know, sometimes I can't believe that this little fucker made it.
Today, I celebrate my 57th birthday and I'm still amazed that.,.
Jameel Haiat
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Hong Kong Diary...May 16th
Sitting in my lit kitchen, I look out the window on to the city. Rain drips down in a steady stream, inviting memories and thoughts....
Jameel Haiat
May 16, 20221 min read

Hong Kong Diary...April 29th, 2022
Tonight I walk around Lockhart Road in Wan Chai.
It stinks of stale shitty beer and burning cigarettes. There's too much Old Spice cologne…
Jameel Haiat
Apr 30, 20222 min read

World Tour WTF…
If you’re wondering, at all, as to why I haven’t posted in months, well, here’s the why…
Jameel Haiat
Mar 18, 20221 min read


Hong Kong Diary...a Beginning
It's been a full year that I’ve been living in Hong Kong....
Jameel Haiat
Dec 9, 20212 min read

Cacophony
Everyday, as I write from my apartment here in Hong Kong, I live in the noise within my mind…
Jameel Haiat
Nov 4, 20211 min read
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