I was flipping through my class notebook from last year and found this written a midst my philosophy notes: "My arabic is the beginning of my shame. It is emptiness." I do not speak Arabic. My father does and my grandmother does and so do my aunts and uncles and cousins whom I have not … Continue reading prose// arabic-less

We all have our own motivations for seeking Heaven: life without pain, wealth, bounty, good food, the Prophet’s home, your home, eternal bliss. I think about and remember those things too when I pray, when I fast, when I pin my hijab into place in the morning. But I also crave Heaven for another reason. … Continue reading prose// jiddu