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One could perhaps attribute the decision to the January-induced courage every new year bestows, or to the fact that the months I now spend east of the…
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To Be a Bird by the Arabian Sea
On a warm February evening in Karachi, the deep azure of the Arabian Sea blends so seamlessly with the night sky one would not believe they are separate…
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Never Desiring Anywhere Else
Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses
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A Dervish in an Apple Leaf Heart
Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum
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A Poem Never Dies
On Words as Memory, Mercy, and Resistance
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The Twelfth Hour
A Parable on Waiting
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Perforating the Land of the Pure
On Colonialism, Corruption, and Pakistan's Climate Crisis
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And Still, Jesus Weeps
On America's Crisis of Compassion
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If Only You Knew
Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses
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Why Did You Allow All This?
On the Death of Moral Urgency and the Inherently Revolutionary Nature of Faith
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The Song Shall Outlive the Siege
What The Hobbit Reveals About Exile, Colonialism, and Palestinian Resistance
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The Indus Turned Crimson
On Gendered Violence and Abandoning the Prophetic Example in Pakistan
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