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The Birth of Sajda… The Birth of Close to Home

We have less than two weeks left of Ramadan, it’s crazy how it always passes so quickly! I hope fasting has been easy for you and that you’re able to dedicate time towards prayers and worship. I myself have been balancing spending time with my family and working intensely on new artwork with for myContinue reading “The Birth of Sajda… The Birth of Close to Home”

Doorways Into Creation

The opening of my exhibition at Queens Museum in May is approaching. My days are busy with lots and lots to do with barely a moment for me to properly enjoy Ramadan but I’m so thankful for this moment, alhamdullilah. It got me thinking about my last Ramadan in Cairo, when I attended the FridayContinue reading “Doorways Into Creation”

Where Does Time Go During Ramadan?

If you are fasting this Ramadan, or know someone who is, you know that in Ramadan, Muslims who are fasting become hyper aware of time. When do we stop eating? When can we start eating? How much time do we have left? Growing up in New York, and having lived in many other parts ofContinue reading “Where Does Time Go During Ramadan?”

One Body.

One of my personal highest values is connection. It’s a running thread in all of my artistic projects, and it’s what motivates me to create art in the first place; to move from inspiration to action. Art is my way of connecting to my higher self, and aligning my mind, body, and spirit with the world.Continue reading “One Body.”

Never Again

I – a Black Caribbean American Muslim woman from East Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, attended public school where the vast majority of my teachers were Jewish, although most of my school’s student bodies was about 99.99% Black. In school, they taught us more about their suffering via the holocaust than our own Black American or African history. And itContinue reading “Never Again”

Art In An Open Field

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, There is a field. I’ll meet you there..” -Rumi I was recently talking to a friend who is also an artist and in our conversation, she said that she thinks I have a more expansive view about art than she does. Later, in a conversation with my sister, she gaveContinue reading “Art In An Open Field”