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Nathalie E. Amazan
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Published in Interfaith Now

·Jan 23

There is more than one way to be a Muslim

“These students, like many religious people, do not know about some aspects of their own tradition…”[1] - Professor Mark Berkson at Hamline University The initial condemnation and lasting termination of Professor Erika López Prater from Hamline University for showing her art history class medieval paintings depicting the Prophet Muhammad (peace…

Religion

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There is more than one way to be a Muslim
There is more than one way to be a Muslim
Religion

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Nov 28, 2022

The 2020 Archives Part II: I fell in love with Islam because,

This story was written by me in November 2020. The complete original is republished below. It’s been a little over two weeks since I sat in my local Masjid with my partner to my left and Imam in front of me reciting after him, “Ash hadu an la ilaha il…

Storytelling

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The 2020 Archives Part II: I fell in love with Islam because,
The 2020 Archives Part II: I fell in love with Islam because,
Storytelling

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Nov 28, 2022

The 2020 Archives Part I: What is a state? Who owns violence?

This article was written by me in June 2020. The complete original is republished below. Personal Reflections on 2020 Black Lives Matter Uprisings or the American Spring? “Because of the way this society is organized, because of the violence that exists on the surface everywhere, you have to expect there are going to be such explosions.” — Angela Davis (Link) George Floyd…

Art

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The 2020 Archives Part I: What is a state? Who owns violence?
The 2020 Archives Part I: What is a state? Who owns violence?
Art

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Sep 6, 2022

My first collection of poetry, Still. Coming March 2023.

Mash’Allah. Still. My first collection of poetry will be published by Finishing Line Press in March 2023. Sign up to receive my newsletter for Still & other poetry related updates: https://forms.gle/s2YFy8HgBLyGHsnp6 Still is an intimate poetry collection that explores themes of spirituality, liberation, and resilience. The collection is a…

Poetry

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My first collection of poetry, Still. Coming March 2023.
My first collection of poetry, Still. Coming March 2023.
Poetry

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Published in Know Thyself, Heal Thyself

·Aug 15, 2022

The Couple

after The Couple by Louise Bourgeois and Cosmic Latte by Spencer Finch — I. We embrace as snakes eating the veins on the sides of our necks slurping venom we didn’t know we had until our arms grew long enough to reach inside our mouths pulling out each diabolical word from our guts, our feet never touched the ground. We hung ourselves from an image of beauty we would never reach. Together as snakes with…

Poem

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The Couple
The Couple
Poem

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Published in For Awe

·Jul 30, 2022

On top of boulders, a green sea hovers

On top of boulders, a green sea hovers. Unsettled silence accompanies us. Blues merge into yellow hues and flowers droop in bunches upon…

Poetry

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On top of boulders, a green sea hovers
On top of boulders, a green sea hovers
Poetry

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Feb 27, 2022

Anti-Racist Should Mean Anti-Race

How can we expect to form a world rooted in the affirmation of life with the same language of the Western European colonial past? — The summer of 2020 was the first time in my life in which I witnessed and engaged in consistent mass protests for an overall awakening for a new world free of state violence. I’ve spent most of my college education critically studying political theory, race and criminality, and histories of…

Essay

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Anti-Racist Should Mean Anti-Race
Anti-Racist Should Mean Anti-Race
Essay

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Published in Spiritual Tree

·May 9, 2021

Nature’s Artistry

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Spiritual Weekly Prompt

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Nature’s Artistry
Nature’s Artistry
Spiritual Weekly Prompt

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Published in Resistance Poetry

·May 16, 2020

When we get there

Question everything Struggle in the present for the world we wish to live in accept tragedy as inevitable like the laughter of healing pain unavoidable truth is coming at roots lifting liberation from twisted tongues forcing mother out for colonizers’ boots to drag into our homes, us out onto ships of wet bones, cold trails, graveyards, one…

Freedom

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When we get there
When we get there
Freedom

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Mar 25, 2020

Love Poem

My grandmother is in a casket. we can’t stop lashing out, I’m sad n shit. l-o-v-e lost — how you really feel?” resentful for a second embarrassed damn You are comfortable in discomfort sometimes I exist Your hairs the ones not tied back fly forward hands extend for the body…

Poetry

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Your Love Poem
Your Love Poem
Poetry

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