In those days where I find myself reminiscing my academic journey and personal and social development, I find my fingers flipping through the speeches I delivered, my mind reflecting on the lessons learned, and my heart yearning for me.

I wrote and delivered the f...

I wrote this after experiencing festival stages and audiences' questions in 2016

Here goes...

Cinema is one of the many ways that societies can employ to breakdown social misconceptions. Other tools, such as books, intercultural dialogue forums, formal education, travel,...

I've been waking up a couple of hours after midnight, after no more than four hours of sleep. A dream so beautiful transfers a subtle anxiety. It drifts somewhere between my heart and mind, and lands straight in front of my eyes. I feel it, I see it approaching, until...

I am handed an interview packet about a girl I don't know. I flip through the pages and read her words about her life.

Words.

Her choice of words.

I read her name.

I try to call her name.

I know who named her, and what her name means to her and to the world...

لي فترة احتسي القهوة غصب عنِّي

لأتجنب النعاس وأدعم النشاط

حتى ارتميت على هذه الكلمات من ماضٍ ليس ببعيد

فربما احتسي قهوتي بنية التجلي بعد اليوم

يقول العلّامة أبو بكر بن أبي زيد في مؤلفه "إثارة النخوة بِحِلِّ القهوة": إنّ اشتقاق القهوة من الإقهاء، وهو الإجتواء، أي الكراهة،...

I was afraid of my return.

I was afraid of making commitments that would keep me from being, as one of the girls told me last week: “look at how stuck I am now!"

I was afraid of embarking on a few experiences, not precisely in fear of them, but perhaps in fear of people’...

This article was published on November 28, 2015, in Sand Magazine's first edition

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There are as many melodies to the Qur’an as there are reciters. Yes, the Qur’an’s 600 pages and 114 chapters have specific rules that maintained a unified pronunciation of syllables...

"Imām Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī (d.505AH/1111AC), a prominent and highly respected reformer in the fifth century Hijrah, classified the maqasid into five major categories by stating that:

“The very objective of the Sharī‘ah is to promote the well-being of the people, which l...

Have I mentioned that I'm loving my new job? It's like I got Harvard back with me to Jeddah, with flexible timings, more relaxed ambiance, less deadline pressures, same music, with the same bureaucracy though.

Some food for thought on Muhammad Abduh, and the difference...

مع دقات آلة موسيقية في أذنَي، أركل رجلاي باندفاع، وأركض على ثابت لامتحرك. أشعر بعرقي يتكوم عند طيات جلدٍ رطب، على طول الرقبة وامتداد الجبهة. من أنفي تسقط قطرة لتستمر في السقوط على شفايفي. هكذا هو الجسد، مترابط. بين لفائف شعري، تتساقط قطرات من خُصَلٌ قد تبلَّلَت، وعلى ع...