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…

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…

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…

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…

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…