Fig & Olive

I miss New York. Not for any reason in particular. A strange thing my teacher said. He said that he sometimes watches movies and forgets he’s in Jordan. I thought that was strange but it stayed with me. I don’t know what it is about home. You’ll always miss it even if you left by […]

What I love most about Malcolm X is that he was a truth seeker and when he was wrong he wasn’t afraid to move on, admit his mistakes and start over. That is the kind of person I want to be. I sincerely love you and thank God for your influence. Forever in our hearts. […]

“The truth is not known by men, rather men are known by the truth”. So it’s been a bit since I blogged. This is a more casual post since, as I said in my last post, I’m a bit to overwhelmed with school. Jordan’s winter has decided to re-start, what misery. My boots were apparently […]

Sometimes I quote hadith or quran and don’t bother looking for the source or putting a citation. Partly out of laziness but also because I feel it comes across more naturally and personally. I posted this picture on Facebook and wanted to give some context: Jaabir Ibn Samurah, may Allaah be pleased with him, narrated: […]

Want to listen to this essay? Press play. We all came from monkeys. Than slowly developed in to different species of humans than the smartest of them ran the others out and that’s who we’re all from. Many a scientist and lay people state this as a fact. Though they have no way of proving […]

I found myself watching a clip yesterday on the net. It was about spirituality and the question was posed to the panel, “What’s the difference between religion and spirituality?” Answers like “finding your own path… personal experience” for spirituality and “rules… someone else’s spiritual path… dogmatic” defined religion. I’m not sure where or when religion […]

A few reminders from yesterdays’ class with Sheikh Nuh, may God preserve him: -Don’t feel safe because you live in a righteous place, Adam was in heaven and committed the original sin of man -Don’t feel safe because of how long you’ve been worshiping look how long Iblis was worshiping and he became what he […]

A few pics from Jordan and Qatar -I don’t take many pictures in Jordan but I got to snap a few when my sister came.

I have to make this quick because I’m desperately tired. But I’ve been trying to write in the early mornings, you know, productivity. So I had a discussion with my sister yesterday and among other things we talked a lot about hair. Since were from Caribbean heritage which involved a lot of African ancestry we […]

Winter gets a depressing portrayal. In our metaphors and in our life we think of winter as the time of year where things die, life choices are limited and the warmth of comfort food is all we can hope for. In thinking about my health lately and trying to be more in tune with my […]