It was wonderful talking to Amal Kassir about her new poetry collection Scud Missile Blues. Watch the recording for powerful pieces of poetry and reflections from a Syrian point of view that give a better understanding of the…
The Ecstatic Exchange is delighted to announce the very first Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore Ecstatic Poetry Prize, in collaboration with Lote Tree Press!Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore (1940-2016, rahimahullah) was a pioneering American Beat-turned-Sufi poet. He authored dozens of poetry collections, in his own ecstatic, thoughtful, and…
Friends that were – I do not know where they areO Lord, what day was it that they were divided from us?If the new spring should come, asking after those friendsSay, ‘O gentle breeze, those roses have all turned to weeds!’O…
My peace, O my brothers, lies in my solitudeAnd my Beloved is always in my presenceThere is no exchange for my longing for HimAnd longing for Him is my trial in this worldIn whatever direction I witness His…
I once asked my father what language he dreams in and he did not know the answer to this question. In fact, the question startled him. He’s spent more of his life here in America than in his…
BillowingMedina Tenour Whiteman With my son cradled in sleep's arm-boatI switch my thoughts from idle chatter to Surat al-Ikhlas and feel my …
RECITING QADDISH± O Israel don’t you remember the shoah±± didn’t you swallow its meaning don’t you hear the children of Gaza crying as they recite in this place or in any other place may there be abundant peace…
