Poetry

11/27/2011

Season’s Warnings!!!

Author’s note: This is my advice for all of you out there who’ve been waiting all-year for this holiday shopping season to befall us. Well, it’s here; but, I’m here just to give you some insight, to make sure that you don’t become just another victim of the industries which feed off of our pockets.… Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Economy, Fashion, Global Economy, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Economy, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Black Friday, Capitalism, Consumerism, Deals, Department Stores, Holiday Season, Shopping
11/27/2011

What True-Love actually looks like

What True-Love actually looks like So important is this four-letter word. It is something we all have heard. How often it is said, yet it is rarely meant. It’s more important than any money spent. A lot of people use the phrase: “I love you” so spontaneously. However, they also seem to fall in &… Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Love, Relationships
11/26/2011

My thoughts on the Night & Day:

The Sunset!!! The Day is just about nearly done. The Sun sinks slowly, in the West. The Sun is almost gone. It has to leave, for rest. The Sky gets darker; the Horizon becomes pink & yellow. There’s a slight breeze; the atmosphere is quiet & mellow. The Night begins to chase the Sun far… Continue reading

Muslim Writers, Poetry, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Writing

Day, Daytime, Nature, Night, Nighttime, Sunrise, Sunset
11/22/2011

Somalia & Haiti’s incredible plight

Scorched earth, as a result of no rain; its people have no food and have forfeited their pride. Ongoing drought & famine has crippled an entire generation, the world just turns a blind-eye. Murder has been made the order of the day, no one is ever secure, no such thing as a safe space. Astronomical… Continue reading

Activism, Africa, Community-Service, Culture, Economy, Famine, Global Economy, Global Politics, Haiti, Horn of Africa, Islam & Activism, Latin America, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Somalia, U.N.-Relief, U.S. Politics, United Nations, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Drought, Natural Disasters, Poverty, Relief-Aid, Starvation, Water
11/21/2011

Nature’s narrative:

American-Trees!!! If only these Trees could talk: They would tell of the first Africans arriving at their shores. The men turned into slaves, the women turned into whores. Constantly beaten, told to work & serve. Torturing anyone, with courage or nerve. If only these Trees could talk: They would recall our people being stripped of… Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Domestic-Violence, Global Politics, Islam & Activism, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Blacks, Civil War, Freedom, Lynch-Mobs, Lynchings, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Whites
11/17/2011

This is what you don’t call me:

Don’t call me an Islamist, that’s just a code-word for terrorist. Don’t call me Fundamentalist, this just means I’m not tolerant. Don’t call me a Sufi, this means I have my head in the clouds. Don’t label me Salafi, this just means I treat people like dogs. I don’t wanna be red-flagged as being anti-modernity… Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Global Politics, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Political-Awareness, Sarcasm, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, U.S. Politics, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Conservatives, Conservativism, Islam, Islamic Fundamentalism, Islamic-Fundamentalists, Islamism, Islamists, Liberalism, Liberals, Moderate, Moderates, Modernity, Muslims, Salafism, Salafists
11/13/2011

My thoughts on appreciation & experience:

“A person will never appreciate peace, unless they experience war, and they will never appreciate joy, unless they experience pain, and they will never appreciate victory, unless they experience defeat, and they will never appreciate success, unless they experience failure, and they will never appreciate love, unless they experience hate.” Gareth Bryant Continue reading

Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Appreciation, Experience
10/14/2011

Some Brief Islamic-History (the Top-Ten Best-Companions of Muhammad)

The Terrific-Ten This is the story of some of the very greatest men there’ve ever been; only the Prophets could top them; no one else could out-shine them:Let’s start with Abu-Bakr As-Siddiq, short & sweet; the best of the best, can’t be beat. His love for Allah & Islam leaves one in amazement.`Umar ibn-ul-Khattab was… Continue reading

Muslim Writers, Poetry, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Companions of the Prophet, Islam, Muslims, Sahabah
10/09/2011

Vote for me online for this year’s annual Brass Crescent Awards:

The praise is for Allah!!! I’ve been chosen as a finalist for this year’s Brass Crescent Awards, in the category of “Best Writer”. The Brass Crescent Awards is an annual awards ceremony that honors the best writers and thinkers of the emerging Muslim blogosphere (aka the Islamsphere). Nominations are taken from blog readers, who then vote for the… Continue reading

Activism, Culture, Muslim Writers, Poetry, Writing

Brass Crescent Awards, Writing Awards, Writing Competitions, Writing Contests
10/07/2011

My Poetic Anatomy

I inhale concepts, thoughts & world views, then begin to exhale Haikus. My long hair keeps growing, just like a never-ending line from a rhyme. I hydrate my body with emotionally infused water, then sweat sonnets. The ink from the pen flows through me instead of blood all of the time. Everything about me is… Continue reading

Culture, Humor, Muslim Writers, Poetry, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Writing, Youth-Empowerment

Culture, Humor, Poetry, Youth-Empowerment