Articles
Editor’Space March 2012
March 13th, 2012Bismillah The challenges of change…… Read More It is with a sense of awe and gratitude that I sit down to write
To my Misr sisters
November 8th, 2011For all my beautiful sisters who have left us here in Misr… As I look around me The pain makes… Read More
Praying on grass
November 2nd, 2011A poem I wrote a while back… Retreated With sisters today Sisters and children Eager for the sunshine Ready for… Read More
To a Palestinian mother
October 31st, 2011To a Palestinian Mother My sister In humanity, In the pain of childbearing In the struggle of childrearing, My sister… Read More
A’isha’s Garden
October 24th, 2011A’isha’s Garden There are weeds in A’isha’s garden. Strong, snaking weeds that choke the flowers and block out the light.… Read More
From scholar to slave
September 11th, 2011This is a story, a story of old. It is our story, a story untold. Once upon a time, in… Read More
You are beautiful, masha Allah!
September 6th, 2011By Na’ima B. Robert When was the last time you looked in the mirror and smiled: ‘alhamdulillah’? Chances are, your… Read More
The fasting one and her Lord
August 19th, 2011A look at the beauty and wisdom behind one of the central pillars of the month of Ramadhan – fasting … Read More
I worship my lord/ A Muslim in the West
August 16th, 2011I wake before dawn. No muadhin calls me, No footsteps stir me, Instead society spurns me, Labels me and burns… Read More