Affirmation/From the Front Part 13
Alhamdulillah, we were scheduled to begin our journey back to the States last Saturday. Our neighbors, who have always said, “We are your family,” and meant it, cooked us both breakfast and lunch, and...
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The Journey Back Part 1
Alhamdulillah, we have been back in the States for two weeks now. I have found that I’m not the same person I was when I left here almost ten years ago; and yet my heart aches at such sounds as the...
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The Journey Back Part 2
Around 3 a.m. I finally gave up on sleep and sat up, snugging the blankets around my legs to keep warm. Sukhailah and Hudhaifah were awake as well, so Khalil went and came back with a hot cup of tea-...
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The Silence of the Night
The sound of life here in America is almost deafening at times. Last night I found myself suddenly wide awake. The air had that middle of the night feeling, as if the world was holding its breath,...
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As Muslims, we don’t celebrate birthdays- no cakes, presents, parties. But that doesn’t mean that the birth of each child isn’t special. On the contrary, I remember the day (or night, more often than...
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Police and Prayer
The knock comes in the middle of the day. Not an ordinary knock; rather, a loud, insistent pounding at the door accompanied with the gruff voice of the man who guards our building, raised and excited....
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Between One Breath and the Next
Once again I find myself in the position of marking time, holding space, suspended between one breath and the next. It’s a lesson I learned long ago, the art of waiting, living on the inhale, knowing...
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Following Truth
People often ask us why we moved to Yemen over ten years ago now. The answer was simple. Having found the truth, we wanted to follow it, and in order to follow it, we had to gain knowledge. Yemen, with...
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Night Sky
Mash’Allaah, I found this as I was going through poems for my new poetry book. I wrote this in Sana’a, in 2005, but wanted to share it with you all, insh’Allaah. Ma’bar is still the home of my heart,...
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Days of Remembering
These days are days of remembering. As I work each night on my Yemeni Journey book, it seems impossible to write my past without living it again, at least a little. At least feel the sting of tears...
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