Driven by curiosity’s sake.
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On Being in the 30’s Age Bracket
I was freaking out about turning 30 back when I turned 25. It was my mid-mid-life crisis. You can say it was this feeling of anxiety mixed with depression and a whole lot of rebellion against the notion that I was getting old. But in the end, I came to terms with it and made… Read more
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On Learning Life Lessons From Dr. Maher Hathout
Over the weekend a pioneering American Muslim leader, Dr. Maher Hathout, passed away. It definitely starts the New Year off to a somber start, but as per Dr. Hathout’s style, even his death was a way to learn life lessons because with the start of the New Year, we are faced with our own mortality and of… Read more
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On the Milad ul Nabi or Mawlid or Whatever
In the past several years I have had my own way of celebrating the Milad ul Nabi, it doesn’t include attending organized events. Rather, I dedicate the month of Rabi al Awal to reading a Seerah of the Prophet. This time I have been making it through Muhammad- Man and Prophet. Sheikh Suhaib Webb had this wonderful… Read more
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Stop Settling for Iramah’s Exchange
Iramah’s exchange is an incident in which Abu Talib was proposed the exchange of a Quraysh notables son, Iramah, for his nephew, the Prophet Muhammad. It’s the reflection topic for my third post of Rabi al-Awwal from Adil Salahi’s seerah, Muhammad: Man and Prophet. (The first post was a reflection on Torture, and the second post… Read more
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Writing, Resolutions, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In an interview with The Paris Review, Gabriel García Márquez advised young writers, based on his own experience, to write what they know. “If I had to give a young writer some advice I would say to write about something that has happened to him; it’s always easy to tell whether a writer is writing about… Read more
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The Gospel of Thiel
Like any philosophy that has come to dominate humanity, one needs to understand its context. If you’re like me then technology is a pretty critical aspect of modern life. Its why I think you should get around to reading Zero to One by Peter Thiel. Promptly after reading that you need to deep dive into… Read more
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Leaving Politics Out of the Hike
I have been accused of being to “political.” I am happy people notice, I have never been one to hide my politics on this blog. In fact, the premise of this blogging endeavor was to figure out, through engaging an audience, what my politics might be. Its an ongoing process. So when I write about… Read more
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2016: ‘The Best Candidate Either Party Has to Offer’
We are about to kick off the Presidential campaign season. I know, I hear the groans across the country. We just finished up elections. It seems like we might have election fatigue, no? The fact is, its sad that we only have the choice of Clinton or Bush, yet again. Why is it this way?… Read more
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On Charges of Torture, Etc., Etc., Etc.
War and Torture go hand in hand, and no one should be surprised that the United States has its hand in this cookie jar. The Torture Report revelations especially struck me, I was in the midst of reading the Seerah (the biography of the of Prophets life and mission) around the time the Muslims were tortured by… Read more
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On Wedding Photography, Fun For Some
Photography is everywhere. We can’t but take pictures and post them for the world to see, or send them to people thinking that they are private. The interaction with photography has so significantly changed, that I find it remarkable how throughly transformed we are by it in a matter of decades. I think there are… Read more