Poetry

The first responders from the Crusades to Gaza

Dr. Osman Latiff

We need to recognise the true first responders to atrocities, both past (poets) and present (Gazans and students).

The first responders from the Crusades to Gaza

Dr. Osman Latiff 15 Min Read

We need to recognise the true first responders to atrocities, both past (poets) and present (Gazans and students).

The Prophets’ Home

Ahmed Hammuda 5 Min Read

A poem by Ahmed Hammuda summarising the history of prophets in Jerusalem

Have Charity Appeals made us War Photographers?

Dr. Osman Latiff 8 Min Read

You have been seeing so many charity appeals... Have you become desensitised? Do you change the channel and forget? Have you become a War Photographer?

An Artist’s Life: Through A Dusty Lens

Letters to Islam21c 3 Min Read

A poem by dedicated to #mentalhealthweek

“My Brother You Are Free” – Remembering Sayyid Qutb’s Farewell Poem

Ahmed Hammuda 15 Min Read

Today marks 54 years since Sayyid Qutb's martyrdom (rahimahullāh). Ahmed Hammuda recounts one of the most famous poems he composed while waiting to be executed.

The Pain of Invasion, Relief and the Way to Victory

Ahmed Hammuda 22 Min Read

Marking its 68th anniversary, very few remain to tell their story of the Nakbah, or the Palestinian Catastrophe, of 1948. One that culminated in the violent extermination and mass expulsion of millions