About Daliah Merzaban

Daliah Merzaban, a Canadian journalist, is currently a manager and editor in London, covering financial markets and economies in developing Europe, the Middle East and d Africa. Also passionate about creative writing, Daliah blogs on Islamic spirituality in modern life for her personal page, Dew Point.

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Freedom from Food: The Gifts of a Three-Month...

Daliah Merzaban describes the taste of Love concealed beneath pangs of hunger... read more

Prophet Muhammad and the Garbage Thrower

True power and compassion flow when validation comes from within Of the... read more

Listening to the Reed

It would be impossible to separate my heart’s awakening with my Sufi... read more

Prayers Are Answered in the Still of the...

A week and a half before Ramadan, I was awake in the... read more

Whirling through life: Reflections of a female whirling...

Whirling is a seven-centuries old form of full-body worship emblematic of the... read more

Being in Love Together

I recently attended a retreat where a fellow seeker described the sweetness... read more

Following Unexpressed Pain Into the Arms of Mercy

More than previous Ramadans, this year the holy month felt like a... read more

Sacred Space: Lighting the Lamps Within

When I imagine sacred space, my first impulse is to think of... read more

La Illaha illa Allah and Connecting to Our...

We all have psychological blind spots, aspects of our personalities that are... read more

Sufi Healing and Embracing Pain

Through the tears welling up in my eyes, I looked down at... read more

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