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Never Desiring Anywhere Else
Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses (Part II)
Oct 18
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Zahra Hassan
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A Dervish in an Apple Leaf Heart
Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum
Oct 7
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25
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A Poem Never Dies
On Words as Memory, Mercy, and Resistance
Sep 24
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The Twelfth Hour
A Parable on Waiting
Sep 10
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Zahra Hassan
21
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Perforating the Land of the Pure
On Colonialism, Corruption, and Pakistan's Climate Crisis
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Zahra Hassan
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