Articles

Editor’Space March 2012

Bismillah 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

For all my beautiful sisters who have left us here in Misr… As I look around me The pain makes… Read More

Praying on grass

A 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

To 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

A’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

This 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!

By 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

A 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

I wake before dawn. No muadhin calls me, No footsteps stir me, Instead society spurns me, Labels me and burns… Read More