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July 2026

July 01, 2026

No More Booklists. Enter the Fake Degree!

I've talked a lot about this book and the other one. And I haven't read...

December 2025

December 27, 2025

Book review: Water, by Rumi

I recently finished another beautiful book that I can't recommend enough. It served as a...

November 2025

November 20, 2025

Something, anything, this way comes

Three months without anything new. It's certainly a LONG time. It hasn't gone unnoticed to...

July 2025

July 09, 2025

Daily Spiritual Practices of a Modern Day Sha’ir

As I go back to my basics for the millionth time, there are daily practices...

September 2024

September 17, 2024

Book Review: Forest of Noise

I've been very inactive, which is nothing new if you've been here before. However, I...

July 2024

July 22, 2024

Writing as a Healing and Devotional Practice

I've been going deep into my head, to the point of being there more often...

March 2024

March 18, 2024

Book Review: Blood Orange

There's a book I've wanted to read for a while: Blood Orange, by Yaffa AS. Just...

March 11, 2024

Book Review: Liberty Walks Naked

I recently finished a book that I didn't expect to feel so emotional with. Even...

May 2023

May 11, 2023

What I’ve Learned with Poetry

Since I started writing poetry again, I've learned a lot of things about myself, both...

April 2023

April 05, 2023

Back to Poetry

It's time to make a confession. I was never a big fan of poetry. In...

February 2023

February 28, 2023

Book review: The Nectar of Pain

I've wanted to read a good book of poetry for a long while. I wanted...

May 2022

May 10, 2022

DSD – Shahrzad: Patron Saint of Cleverness, Wisdom, and Creativity + Prayer

I've been thinking about this article for a while, not really sure about how to...

April 2022

April 11, 2022

What’s in a name? What Does Bader Saab Mean?

I've been contemplating a few things since the last weeks, re examining what I expect...

January 2022

January 28, 2022

Book Review: The Arabian Nights (Mahdi and Haddawy edition)

It's been a long time since I wrote about this book for the first time,...

October 2021

October 31, 2021

What was Religion in Pre-Islamic Arabia Like?

I've been more absent than ever during this month because of health reasons that prevent...

September 2021

September 12, 2021

The Oldest Arabic Poem, or a Possible Prayer?

I recently came across an interesting post which linked to the original article about an...

August 2021

August 10, 2021

Upcoming Annotated Arabian Nights

I've been writing a lot about the Arabian Nights, and some may find it rather...

May 2021

May 03, 2021

Does Reading Count as Ancestral Veneration?

If you've paid attention to my most recent entries, you noticed for sure that there's...

April 2021

April 11, 2021

A Quick Note on the Jinn

While I felt it possible to command him to do my bidding, the jinn wasn't...

November 2020

November 08, 2020

What’s a Modern Day Sha’ir?

I’ve been mentioning this title over and over and it is even part of my...

October 2020

October 18, 2020

Book Review: The Friendship Poems of Rumi

As we go nearer to the final harvest of the year, it’s impossible not to...

October 02, 2020

Book review: The Love Poems of Rumi

While we are in the spooky, dark season of the year, I couldn’t avoid asking...