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 to celebrate?” And now as I start my 30th orbit around the sun, I can only…
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 become. Will I even reach the starting line in the next few hours, let alone the…
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 and lifestyles. If you’re a Muslim reading this you already know what’s up, and if you’re…
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 of way. As a Muslim, as someone who with all their innate faults has consciously submitted…
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.…
JAY-Z Teaches Us 5 Life Lessons
We take a quick look into some of the bars from JAY-Z's song "Anything" and the lessons we can extract from them.…
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 quiet and bear their heavy loads in silence.…
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 look towards them for answers? Perhaps we need to dig a little deeper and find the…
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 to be reflected in the life of Peer Gynt, the protagonist of one of Norwegian writer…
When Being Alone Isn’t Enough To Escape The Congestion
Can you imagine being in a circumstance describable as “loneliness” only to discover that you’re not alone, you’re surrounded, it’s crowded, there’s so much congestion.…