Diamond on My Nose

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…

Mar 17 • Zahra Hassan

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February 2026

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…

Feb 26 • Zahra Hassan

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October 2025

Never Desiring Anywhere Else

Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses

Oct 18, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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A Dervish in an Apple Leaf Heart

Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum

Oct 7, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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September 2025

A Poem Never Dies

On Words as Memory, Mercy, and Resistance

Sep 24, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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The Twelfth Hour

A Parable on Waiting

Sep 10, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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Perforating the Land of the Pure

On Colonialism, Corruption, and Pakistan's Climate Crisis

Sep 4, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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August 2025

And Still, Jesus Weeps

On America's Crisis of Compassion

Aug 27, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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If Only You Knew

Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses

Aug 8, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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July 2025

Why Did You Allow All This?

On the Death of Moral Urgency and the Inherently Revolutionary Nature of Faith

Jul 31, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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The Song Shall Outlive the Siege

What The Hobbit Reveals About Exile, Colonialism, and Palestinian Resistance

Jul 23, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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The Indus Turned Crimson

On Gendered Violence and Abandoning the Prophetic Example in Pakistan

Jul 16, 2025 • Zahra Hassan

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