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Why Did You Allow All This?
On the Death of Moral Urgency and the Inherently Revolutionary Nature of Faith
Jul 31, 2025
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Zahra Hassan
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Never Desiring Anywhere Else
Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses (Part II)
Oct 18, 2025
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Zahra Hassan
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A Dervish in an Apple Leaf Heart
Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum
Oct 7, 2025
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Zahra Hassan
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A Poem Never Dies
On Words as Memory, Mercy, and Resistance
Sep 24, 2025
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Zahra Hassan
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The Twelfth Hour
A Parable on Waiting
Sep 10, 2025
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Zahra Hassan
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If Only You Knew
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If Kierkegaard Knew Karbala
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The Sacred Art of Living Beautifully
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The Indus Turned Crimson
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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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Elegy for the American Childhood
An Obituary for What Once Was
Jul 9, 2025
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Red, Resistance, and The Smell of Roses
Re-examining Shariati's 'Red Shiism Black Shiism' in 2025
Jul 2, 2025
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The Sacred Art of Living Beautifully
God Loves Beauty and So Must We
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If Kierkegaard Knew Karbala
The Ultimate Knight of Faith: Imam Hussain ع
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The Wound is Where the Light Enters
Al-Kindi and Rumi on the Purpose of Pain
May 29, 2025
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The Philosopher King Perfected: Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
On What We Had and Betrayed
May 24, 2025
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'Where Then Are You Going?' On Creation, Convenience, and Consequence
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