May 2011
35 posts
This place is a dream. Only a sleeper considers it real. Then death comes like...
– Rumi (via hmnyst)
http://ibnthabit.net/site/MP3/Ibn Thabit - calling... →
Libya's Explosive Music Revolution: Ibn Thait and... →
Dr. David Liepert: How To Really Help Yemen Stop... →
Saudi woman defies driving ban →
A Saudi mother said Sunday she defied a ban on women drivers in the ultra-conservative kingdom by getting behind the wheel for four days without being stopped.
Najla al-Hariri, a housewife in her mid-30s, said she drove non-stop for four days in the streets of the Red Sea city of Jeddah “to defend her belief that Saudi women should be allowed to drive.”
“I don’t fear being arrested because...
Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living
In...
– Hafiz (via awakeinthedream)
Sufism تصوّف
mystic—-divinity:
Sufism (tasawwuf) may be best described as a mystical practice that emphasizes certain unique rituals for guiding spiritual seekers into a direct encounter with God. Muhammad is considered their chief prophet and many consider Sufism to be a mystical brand of Islam.
Sufis teach that Sufism may be practiced with any religion — it is the “heart” of religion. No one faith...
You’ve been walking in circles, searching. Don’t drink by the water’s edge....
– Jeanette Berson, Sufi (via muhnahmuhnah)
I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light...
– Hafiz (via vitchaus)
There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it.
A moon and a sun.
A drum never...
– Kabir (via vitchaus)
Just to hear talk of you we became enamoured and lovesick;
and now you throw...
– Saadi (via erojinn)
Salaita: Dressing like a Terrorist | Informed... →
“The terrorist costume is a simulated reality, circulated in Hollywood and countless news broadcasts, that evokes a causal relation between appearance and action. The terrorist costume is familiar to nearly all Americans: a thick beard, an ashen robe, brown skin, sandals holding dirty feet, and some sort of headgear, usually a turban (Sikh style, of course). The terrorist wearing this...
Junun Musician Ahmad: Bin Laden Demise a Great... →