Exploring Muslim Narratives Through Fiction
He’d been struck.
Like a sense of deja vu, he’d been hit with an ethereal awareness that he was meant to be here at this moment, to meet this woman.
Something about her face, the light of its serenity framed in a navy blue that was suddenly his favourite colour, called to him.
He had found his eyes drinking her in until his subconsciousness slapped him over the head with, “the first look is for you…”
There must be a place in literature for the people, wherever they originate from or reside in, who are still striving, despite the odds, to follow the Qur’aan and Sunnah
Hello and Salaam alaykum, If you’re here, I’m assuming you’re interested in my writing (or maybe not!) but I thought to compile the links for my essay-type non-fiction pieces in one place. Feel free to explore and leave me a line or two. Enjoy! Reclaiming Feminine Spaces and Bodily Autonomy as Muslim Women – https://themuslimwomentimes.com/2020/12/14/reclaiming-feminine-spaces-and-bodily-autonomy-as-muslim-women/Continue reading “Collecting My Essays in One Place”
#RekiyaAndZ is a significant book that carves a new space for the representation of sub-Saharan African Muslims in the contemporary literary world… Check out the latest review of #rekiyaAndZ on Hikaayat magazine Muti’ah Badruddeen’s “Rekiya and Z”: Carving Spaces for sub-Sahara African Muslim Fiction
I picked up the new faux leather covered collectible copy I had splurged on a few months earlier, expecting a light read; something that should help me ramp up my descriptive game a notch while at it. No biggie. Gentle Reader, I was all kinds of wrong.
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Muti’ah proves her worth to the world with this excellent story. Cover image of Rekiya & Z by Muti’ah Badrudeen Muti’ah Badruddeen delivers a beautiful tale of the reunion of two women whose bond of faith and friendship is threatened by an unresolved trauma. Written in the alternating perspective…
On these blessed Days of this blessed Month, I ask Allaah for you and for myself – Al-‘afuw and Al-‘aafiyah, and for every good we find ourselves in need of. I ask the Lord of the Worlds to look upon ours with His Mercy and Benevolence, and remove from us every scourge we have wittinglyContinue reading “‘Eid Mubarak!”
By deenprogress Labels, From the moment of birth… “It’s a Girl!” Stay with us, As we grow…. First-Born, Example-to-her-sibs. Shaping us, While malleable…. Smart; socially awkward; Bookworm. Into Self. We acquire some of our own… Muslimah*, Munaqqabah*. In this life of Meaning, Relationships define us…. Mother, Daughter, Wife, Sister, Friend. Yet, still, are those Others…
Muti'ah Badruddeen