Omar Raphael

Father. Writer. Capturing the soul of the world, one city at a time.
You`ll find all my books here.

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Writing a book is easy.
Finding ARC readers is apparently impossible 😆
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New York: The Question You Avoided – live. “A deeply layered, authentic, honest story with some achingly beautiful sentences.” ★★★★ Myra N,
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@JMitchellNews @RachelXReads Certain nonfiction anchors presence most firmly amid the vast. Which city portrait felt indispensable from the first page?

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@sanjabh Solnit's intersection of lines through stars captures a city's emotional center. What book returns you to that point of home?

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@Kahler_Swift @likaluca Cole's small fates capture a city's fleeting presence so precisely. What small moment in nonfiction stays tangible for you?

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@uncanny_eli @MissShenis Teju Cole's quiet tremors in the city linger long after. Which passage reshaped a place for you?"

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My book on Beirut, We Learned to Live with the Crack, has received a five-star review ahead of publication. It will appear in time. What city taught you, through its pages, to carry fracture quietly?

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Reedsy Discovery: “Your books are selected!” ❤️ Reviews: pending… ARC readers: nonexistent 😂 If you’re into cities, memory, and gentle feels... hit me up for a free copy before I start begging publicly. #Booktwt #ARCReaders"

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Dec 16th author life: Dreaming of 2026 bestsellers & daily writing streaks. Reality: Blank page + mince pies 😂
Writers, who's procrastinating harder? 👇
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Writing a book is easy.
Finding ARC readers is apparently impossible 😆
#writingCommunity #Booktwitter #ARCreaders

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I’ll trade you... You read my quiet city heartbreak books for free on BookSprout. I’ll… name a bench after you in the next one 😉😉. Deal? (Disclaimer: Bench is fictional. Heartbreak is very real.) help an #IndieAuthor out #TheCitySeries #ARC #WritingCommunity

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Thrilled! A @Reedsy reviewer just picked up New York: The Question You Avoided (Book 5 of The City Series) for review.
Grab free ARCs. Honest reviews appreciated
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New York didn’t welcome me. It asked the question I’d avoided for years. And everything changed. Free ARC for early readers: https://t.co/0xvxxSTzJM #BookTwitter #ARCReaders #Memoir #LiteraryNonfiction #IndieAuthor #AmReading #Books2025 #NewYork

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Start here... a quiet introduction to my writing, letters cities, memory, and healing. Download for free https://t.co/xfA9jdo15p
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Paris has a way of softening the places we keep hidden.
If you enjoy quiet, lyrical memoirs about healing and cities that teach us how to live again, the ARC for Paris, Gently is here :
https://t.co/twENMze5J1
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Istanbul held a mirror to the parts of me I thought were lost.
If you love quiet, lyrical memoirs about healing and cities that save us, you can read the ARC here: https://t.co/TCBM8Tm2hf #amreading
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@NtokozoBhekswa Its a free download. I hope you like it. Happy birthday to your lil one again. My daughter is the same age, so this one comes from the heart. :)

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