MEZRAB STORYTELLING

Aoife went on a journey to deal with her grief, but found herself looking for a thong.

Rory wanted so much to be good, he ended up conspiring against the high clergy.

Stefan was always afraid of the water; turns out he was right.

After a disappointing encounter with a firetruck, Basak decides to adopt a psychological complex that will help her avoid pain. 

Following a major heartbreak and quickly falling in love again, Fer clashes with his therapist over their views on love.

Sanne was done with arts and crafts, then she heard the voice of the siren.

After an exhausting week of super parenting while performing magnificently at work, Rutger was ready to finally take his bath. But his kids had other plans.

A woman refuses to tell her grandson a story about their past. However, the grandson is relentless.

Joseph's coming-of-age story involves shedding many versions of himself.

Marijn recalls an episode of bullying in his youth with existential implications.

Renske's mother is a funeral enthusiast. One day, her passion is put to the test.

A street assault with a gun turns into an experience of love and empathy for Valentine.

What if your favorite objects had a voice and a personality? What would your bike think of your riding skill? Would your journal be moved by your sad entries? Dom explores what would happen if your discman doesn't share your taste in music.

Kiki possesses a gift that, although enviable to most of us, puts her in conflict with her idea of herself.

Bipin's brush with death while learning to swim gave him a new outlook on life. Content warning: This story discusses suicidal thoughts. If you are feeling overwhelmed, please seek support. www.findahelpline.com

For mortals like you and me, the only oasis of eternity is the moment we spend with each other. Enjoy Salomé's account of the instants she shared with her ageless father.

How long will you commit to a joke before it becomes your life? Rutger's edgy sense of humor took him far beyond his comfort zone. Despite our strong distaste for this platform's corporate conduct, we use it to share our stories widely. We appreciate your understanding of this frustrating compromise.

Growing up is more than just being allowed to consume mature content. It's revisiting and revalorizing the role of our parents in shaping us with their displays of love and discipline during our childhood. Despite our strong distaste for this platform's corporate conduct, we use it to share our stories widely. We appreciate your understanding of this frustrating compromise.

We all have these relationships in our lives that, for various reasons, we wonder why we put up with them. Instead of focusing of answering that question, why don't we explore the other questions that arise from it? Join Olga in diving into the fishbowl. Despite our strong distaste for this platform's corporate conduct, we use it to share our stories widely. We appreciate your understandin...

If there's such a thing as different genres of stories among the ones we hear in Mezrab, a favorite is certainly "Grandmas' Stories." This is because some of us didn't have grandmas around, or they were, but sucked at storytelling. However, we're lucky that Rapha's grandma was an excellent storyteller , and so is her grandson. Despite our strong distaste for this plat...

Phillip opens his mind and heart to us, delving into how he struggled to prepare a story to establish a deep connection with us. It makes me think of how we're still monkeys, going around shaking trees, thinking we're looking for food when all we look for is company. But Phillip's metaphors are better than mine. Enjoy. Despite our strong distaste for this platform's corporate condu...

Sometimes I have the suspicion that certain events happen just so that someone can tell the story later. It is the case of Michael's experience. Although his wild ride from hospital to hospital, heightened by opiates and swarming wasps, is completely true, it almost seems like it belongs to the realm of fiction. Despite our strong distaste of this platform's corporate conduct, we use it to...

In one of our LGBTQ evenings, Sinead tells the story of Saint Brigid, the icon that inspired her childhood crush: Xena, the Warrior Princess. Despite our strong distaste for this platform's corporate conduct, we use it to share our stories widely. We appreciate your understanding of this frustrating compromise.

There are people in this world who seem to have figured out what it means to be a human being. When that person happens to be your grandmother, that's a voice that stays with you for life. In this story, Nadine shares the most important lessons she learned from her grandmother.

When it comes to avoiding the cycle of destruction, our only hope is in remembering the past. Aryeh intertwines the love story of his grandparents during WWII with the parable of Rabbi Ishmael and the tragedies of this day and age. Despite our strong distaste for this platform's corporate conduct, we use it to share our stories widely. We appreciate your understanding of this frustrating compr...