On a quiet school morning, a mother stands frozen at her front window, watching the street. Her child’s backpack rests by the door. The bus is...
You open your eyes and reach for your phone before your feet touch the floor. The screen illuminates: notifications, emails, messages, scrolling through Instagram, Twitter, TikTok....
Darius continues training Lee Ayi in martial arts, and the first refugees appear at the gate.
In the journey of the soul, the most transformative moments are often the most uncomfortable. Whether we are navigating the complexities of adulthood or guiding the...
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.
A longstanding aspirant statelet in the Horn of Africa shot to international attention this month when Israel announced its recognition of Somaliland, an otherwise unrecognized defacto...
Lee Ayi reveals something disturbing about Darius's maternal family; and Darius is pushed to demonstrate his fighting abilities.
At first sight, the western strip of the Sahara, yawning south of such famed Moroccan cities as Marrakech and Fez, and separating the Mauritanian desert from...
I took Visionaire, a course about making “dream duas,” the last time it was ever taught by Shaykh Muhammad al Shareef. While I thought I would...