Poetry
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My thoughts on Winter:
Author’s note: At the beginning of each season this year (according to the Gregorian-Calendar), I plan to release a poem about each season-I’ve written several poems about the seasons, particularly the four classic temperate seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. Each of these seasons represents different stages of existence, in this Material-Existence of ours, which… Continue reading
Activism, Community-Service, Culture, Islam & Activism, Muslim Writers, Muslims & Activism, Poetry, Religion, Self-Discovery, Self-Empowerment, Self-Therapy, Social-Awareness, Writing, Youth-EmpowermentAfterlife, Antarctica, Arctic, Arctic Circle, Below Zero, Blizzard, Blizzards, Cold, Death, Freezing, Freezing Rain, Hail, Hereafter, Ice, Iceberg, Icebergs, Sleet, Snow, Snow Storms, Snowy, Tundra, Winter -
My Desperate-Outcry to my Noble-Savior!!!
Oh…Allah!!! My heart is in pain, it hurts. I know that, in your sight, I’m the worse. You have given me my faith, and correct-guidance, while I still rebel. I’m so afraid to meet You, because, I feel that I’ll go straight to Hell. I know that disobeying You is not at all in my… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving is all the time, every day!!!
I’m thankful all of the time, not just for Thanksgiving: I’m thankful for Allah turning my heart away from the love & pursuit of the streets. I’m thankful for Him grant me the opportunity to find Islam as well as finding true peace. I’m amazed that every year people claim to be thankful; yet, are… Continue reading
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Yasmin Mogahed: Enough said!!!
Author’s note: I have had the honorable privilege of meeting Yasmin Mogahed, learning from her, when she came to lecture at the Islamic-Center of New York University-To put it very plainly, she’s brilliant: she has inspired, empowered & educated so many people in the Muslim-Community, in NYC, in the U.S., and really, anywhere & everywhere… Continue reading
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The Turbulence of Life
As the sea waves crash during our nights and days.We dwell within our mundane, vesseled hideaways. The torrid and torrent, toil and trial will drive each & all of us off-course. But our navigator must be Allah’s guidance & with Him is the best force. Because it is He who turns our ships: our physical-bodies,… Continue reading
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Start looking past the Surface
Don’t assume that I’m a Rapper, just because I wear Jeans & a T-Shirt. Don’t just look at the length of my beard and just think I’m out of work. Please…do not assume that, because the country I am from sounds exotic, I can fly a magic-carpet. Why do you judge people you do not… Continue reading
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The Opera of Obscurity
My yearning for Isolation: I wish I were still in the womb. I’d like to call it my birth-tomb. It is just like a Cocoon, in it I am wrapped inside. Divorced from the world, my perfect way to hide. Protected, unjudged, allowed to be free, and unplugged. No one’s here to disturb or mock… Continue reading
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My Love-Letter to the one who refuses to love me back:
I’m not in despair, and I no longer care. You really didn’t want me at all anyway. I now see who you really are, it’s clear. You just wanted to pass the time of day. You knew in your heart that you didn’t want me; but, you kept it going. You already had it in… Continue reading
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The Muslims need Self-Representation!!!
I’m takin’ back my voice!!! Don’t speak for me. I’m a man and free. My religion doesn’t give hatemongers the credence to silence me. Having a beard is not a license to detain me, for an hour or three. My Arabic tongue shouldn’t be a reason to be doomed, living a life of the falsely-accused.… Continue reading
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Gareth Bryant’s Keys to Happiness:
Having hope in what we can’t yet see. Appreciation, for all of what could be. Patience, upon all the many tests which lie ahead. Piety, always ensuring that your heart isn’t dead. Incorporating respect & love in your daily-routine. Never become ungrateful, nor treat people mean. Educate others about Allah’s mercy & respite. Set an… Continue reading