Ibtesam Essa

stylist • storyteller • creative • art lover • romanticising the everyday through good food, glorious tables and beautiful flowers •

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Just watched flavoured butter quenelles for the past 2 hours and now all I can think of is going into the kitchen to whip up chocolate butter, hot French toast, caramelised cinnamon bananas, toasted hazelnuts and a large scoop of Madagascan Vanilla ice cream.

[Safeera @safeerakaka]

It's so wholesome watching non Muslims participate in fasting this Ramadaan

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Average bigot behaviour.

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

A woman had a “Free Gaza” and a Palestine sticker on her laptop, which caused her to be harassed by a man at a coffee shop in New York City.

The man alluded to her stickers meaning that she wanted to “stone him” and “blow up the coffee shop”, and threatened to call the police on her.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

I find it abhorrent to witness the nonchalant consumption of Coke, Nestle + Cadbury products, running to Poetry sales/ low-key displaying Zara purchases on Tik Tok (where they assume they can hide from the Gen O CIDE police) & still have the absolute GALL to defend these choices

[Angelo Giuliano 🇨🇭🇮🇹 @angeloinchina]

Don't look away.
Please boycott Israel and Multinational corporations.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Everytime I come onto this app, I fight for my life and the urge to comment on every Pro Zio tweet that has me SHAKING with anger.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Asking for a friend:
Who filmed the cinematic entry of the so-called “Pal Terror Org” into the Is***l military camp? The angles, the sound effects, the transitions, I need to work with this team to create future social media content 😂
#Is***lInsideJob

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

What in the content creator cinematic videography is going on here???

[Safeera @safeerakaka]

Liberating Palestine and creating content that’s chefs kiss

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

@safeerakaka It’s giving Israel “inside job” vibes 😂

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Unimaginable to think that a random group of men flew into Is***l MacGyver style and were not detected by the pioneers of the largest defence force in the world aka Iron Dome technology 🐀

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Unpopular opinion incoming:
Is***l pulling an American 9/11 inside job by using their own people as collateral damage, in order to amplify attacks on Pa**s**ne and pillage more land under the guise of “the right to defend themselves”.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

@elonmusk Embarrassed at this rhetoric @elonmusk

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Spent the morning cleaning out my social media following list due to the laughable prejudice in reporting on Middle East affairs. If you stand on the side of anyone but justice, it’s a 👋🏼 kinda energy from me.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

#EverythingIAteToday

☕️ @Bakers_Biscuits Marie Biscuit with butter and sliced cheese with tea.

🍛 Chicken Biryani
🍓 Strawberry Pavlova for dessert

After that biryani, we need a gallon of green juice 🙏🏻

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Took a trip to my childhood neighbourhood the other day and it brought me immense joy and nostalgia. I can't believe that there was an actual day in my life where none of my siblings and I realised that we weren't going to live there anymore 🥹

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

The deep-set wave of panic that sets in when you realise that you have a HUGE project coming up but don’t have the slightest clue as to what you’re doing 🫠

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Well done to Barbies marketing Trojan horse in utilising social media’s free tools to its full advantage but HP (which launched in an age sans SM) will still have roots in relevancy in the next 30/40 years to come. That is the power of a genuine narrative.

[Buzzing Pop @BuzzingPop]

#Barbie breaks the 12-year record held by ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ for fastest Warner Bros. film to gross $1 BILLION globally.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

As a law graduate who suffered through mountains of paperwork/ textbooks to earn a degree, it makes me cringe when people loosely throw the term “I will sue you for defamation” around. I would unpack this term but I’m glad that Twitter only allows me 500 characters.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Without a doubt our very own home-grown Jan Hendrik vd Westhuizen. Would love to cultivate creative ideas/ indulge in his storytelling and discover culinary combinations all through his eyes!

[Good Food @bbcgoodfood]

If you could have one chef give you a private cooking lesson, who would it be?

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

I am big advocate for mastering your craft, you don’t need the best/ expensive equipment to create content. I began this journey in 2017 with a Smartphone and my lounge wall as a backdrop for a national home decor retailer’s social media catalogues.
It grew from there.

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

Find yourself a man who doesn’t “like” Netflix but watches @witchernetflix with you religiously 🧌

[Ibtesam Essa @IbtesamEssa]

What a week this Friday has been!

I’m scared to open my email inbox these days 😂