In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful As Ramadan approaches, it is imperative for Muslims to purify their hearts of malice (ḥiqd). At its...
As Darius learns Ma Shushu’s medicine, seeing a dying child takes his mind back to his own dark past.
Lee Ayi reveals something disturbing about Darius's maternal family; and Darius is pushed to demonstrate his fighting abilities.
A day of prayer, work, and long-buried family truths ends with Darius left behind, wondering what he is not being told.
Grief, an emotion, an exclusive state of being; a membership to which one never wants, but is nevertheless served. Thousands and thousands before me have lived...
Gravely wounded and fevered, Darius wakes among strangers who may become the first real family he has ever known.
Beneath me is a thin, extra-long twin mattress. In my hands is a tattered mushaf, too thick to easily hold even in two hands. I’m sitting...
