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Yesterday’s Ramadan
Remember how Ramadan was when you were small? How despite the challenge, you wanted to do it all? “They say I’m too young? Who cares what they think! I’ll give up the food, I’ll give up the drink. I’ll behave my best. I won’t be bad. I’ll pray each salaat, just like mum and dad. →
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What is Ramadan?
The most sacred time for Muslims everywhere A month of fasting, charity, prayer Reflection, devotion, spirituality The month in which the Qur’an was revealed To Prophet Muhammed, upon him be peace The best of all humankind One of the five pillars of Muslim worship The ninth month in the Islamic year The first in order →
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Welcome, Old Friend
It is strange how something that has been away for nearly a year Feels like it was with me just yesterday. I pick up where I left off, like with a dear old friend. It is strange how I can suddenly be so comfortable with the hunger That I usually cannot tolerate for more than →
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Creating through Curating
I have had fun recently over on the Koyal Writers’ website putting together a ‘found poem’ using the answers from our ‘7 Questions with the Koyals’ blog series. The blog series yielded such a rich body of references, imagery, and insight into our writers that I wanted to somehow capture some of that in one →