Ramadan 2025 – Reflections from the Halfway Mark
Bismillah, in the name of Allah. We’re now halfway through Ramadan. SubhanAllah, it always goes by so fast. This is day 15. By the time we break our fast, it will be…
New Beginnings
Bismillah, In the Name of Allah For years I’ve been wrestling with identity, purpose and mission. What am I? Who am I? What am I supposed to be doing? Who am I…
Reflections As I Begin My 30th Orbit
Birthdays have always been among the most difficult days of the year for me. I didn’t grow up celebrating them. The older I got the more I thought “What even is there…
Ramadan 2023
In The Name of The True and Living God The Beneficent, The Merciful. I begin writing this with full eyes and an empty heart. How far I’ve strayed and how low I’ve…
Music & Ramadan
In The Name of The True and Living God The Beneficent The Merciful. Ramadan is upon us. Ramadan is a time when Muslims undergo a major shift in their daily routines, habits…
J. Cole and Islam – What’s the Relationship?
You probably opened this page to find out what J. Cole and Islam have in common. Well, allow me to explain. When I first heard this track I was left feeling some type…
Purpose – A J. Cole Framework
Do you know your purpose? Are you in tune with it? Are you moving in line with it? Let's take a look from a J. Cole perspective.…
Heavy – Unloading One Another’s Burdens
There are people who are masters of hiding their burdens. Whether you and I are one of them is left for us to decide. But years of practice enables them to be…
Time Is Money… Or So They Say
Since the beginning of time, mankind has consistently sought one thing - more time, be it through trials of reanimation, healthcare, medicine or trying to physically turn back time. We have been…
Discipline – The Lost Art in The Search For “Success”
We all know that the “self-help” industry is one big sham, right? So why do we keep falling for their tricks and games? Why do we still give them our money and…
Change is Inevitable, But How About its Timing?
Everything is everything. Our families are our families. Our community is our community. Our country is our country. And we are who we are because of the experiences we live through -…
Peer Gynt’s Triangle – The Essential Elements of a Poet
According to Turkish literary pioneer, writer, thinker, poet and community leader Sezai Karakoç, a poet must possess three essential elements.
He identifies these elements as “Peer Gynt’s triangle” because he believes them…