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Spotlight Anxieties

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...

Getting Personal with Personal Narratives

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...

احتساء القهوة تجلِّي

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...

My Death. My Living.

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...

A Sounding Experience with the Qur'an

This article was published on November 28, 2015, in Sand Magazine's first edition ------ There are as many melodies to the Qur’an as...

Freedom is an objective too.

"Imām Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī (d.505AH/1111AC), a prominent and highly respected reformer in the fifth century Hijrah, classified the...

... I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.”

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...

بين عَرَقٍ وآلة

مع دقات آلة موسيقية في أذنَي، أركل رجلاي باندفاع، وأركض على ثابت لامتحرك. أشعر بعرقي يتكوم عند طيات جلدٍ رطب، على طول الرقبة وامتداد...

قاعة انتظار أبدية/الأبدية

تخبط الطائرة بأرجلها الأرض وتفرد جسدها على بساط أعد لاستقبالها وكأنما تقول له: ها قد عدت من جديد محملتا بناسك. وعلى أنغام بكاء أطفال في...

Cairo 3:43am

We leave the airplane and I instantly feel the Cairo breeze as I look ahead into orange lights shaded with a blend of dust, history, and...

Sound of Qur'an

Dying and Living

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