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...
A mistake in the new city's crowded and dangerous streets leaves Darius wounded, sick and alone on the road.
Introduction: Faith Meets Technology Have you ever found yourself late at night with a question about your faith, scrolling through search results and forum posts, wondering...
Alone on the farm, Darius must survive hunger, violence, and the quiet ache of abandonment as he clings to hope that his father still lives.
We’ve raised children who know how to take, but have we taught them how to give? This article dives into the Islamic response to a culture...
