Never Desiring Anywhere Else

Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses (Part II)

Oct 18 • 

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A Dervish in an Apple Leaf Heart

Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyum

Oct 7 • 

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September 2025

A Poem Never Dies

On Words as Memory, Mercy, and Resistance

Sep 24 • 

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24

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The Twelfth Hour

A Parable on Waiting

Sep 10 • 

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21

2

Perforating the Land of the Pure

On Colonialism, Corruption, and Pakistan's Climate Crisis

Sep 4 • 

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10

August 2025

And Still, Jesus Weeps

On America's Crisis of Compassion

Aug 27 • 

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If Only You Knew

Personal Reflections on Selected Quran Verses

Aug 8 • 

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61

21

July 2025

Why Did You Allow All This?

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

Jul 31 • 

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70

9

The Song Shall Outlive the Siege

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

Jul 23 • 

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37

10

The Indus Turned Crimson

On Gendered Violence and Abandoning the Prophetic Example in Pakistan

Jul 16 • 

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12

Elegy for the American Childhood

An Obituary for What Once Was

Jul 9 • 

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17

12

Red, Resistance, and The Smell of Roses

Re-examining Shariati's 'Red Shiism Black Shiism' in 2025

Jul 2 • 

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