“Billowing” by Medina Tenour Whiteman
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 by Iljas Baker
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…
‘Jhelum’ by Nabila Jameel
ILegend has it that Alexander the Great’s horse Jhelum died here and so the city was named after it.It is believed that Jhelum signifies the ‘hoof mark’ in Greek and that the horseleft a mark on the soft…
“In and out” by Juwairiah
"In and out" is a poem from the poetry book 'chai cannot be made in a kettle' by Juwairiah.
ruins by Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu
Soukeyna Osei-Bonsu explores themes of African diaspora, identity and faith as a Black Muslim through her compelling verse, in a poetic tapestry woven between London and Ghana.
Call to Prayer (Fez, 1980) by Roger Abdul Wahhab Boase
A beautiful poem about Fez by Roger Abdul Wahhab Boase, conveying the sacred nature of the city with evocative details of the everyday.
Embracing, We Let Go by Yahia Lababidi
Yahia Lababidi reads his poem Embracing, We Let Go from the poetry anthology A Kaleidoscope of Stories, Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry.