My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected by Hurrican Katrina, those who, like cncz and Maitri, are worried for the safety of their family and friends, and for their loved ones’ homes and jobs utterly destroyed in the wake of the hurricane.
Maitri, especially, has been writing much about Louisiana, although she has […]

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Also: Say hello to my new toy.

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i promise i will update for reals tonight, so get off me
Blogs for you to go see, so you can take a break from harassing me about my fake hiatus from this place:
Via HijabMan’s recommendation of the hilarious Qiyamah Forecast blog, I came across Fall of Icarus and Coming Out Swinging. Awesome writing, mashaAllah. I […]

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for all my fellow bookworms.
Check this: The 100 favourite fictional characters… as chosen by 100 literary luminaries [via Kottke]
Tin Tin! Dr. Watson! God! Jane Eyre! Paddington Bear! Antonia Shimerda! Anne of Green Gables!
(I think I need to expand my literary collection, is what.)
And, in response: Character witnesses, as chosen by Independent readers
Sidney Carton, Holden […]

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Rabi’a al-Adawiyya
“O God, the night has passed and the day has dawned. How I long to know if You have accepted my prayers or if You have rejected them. Therefore console me, for it is Yours to console this state of mine. You have given me life and cared for me, and Yours is […]

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for all my fellow word-lovers out there:
- MoorishGirl
- Words Without Borders: The Online Magazine for International Literature
- Mizna: Prose, Poetry, and Art Exploring Arab America
and for those of you who prefer pictures instead:
- Bendib Cartoon: Independent, uncensored, free-speech political cartoons
All links via Dove’s Eye View, another weblog you should read. Because I said so. So […]

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sunshine
The latest tagline at the top of the page (traces of sun left in spines pour beautiful through eyes) is from this beautiful poem by Sriram Shamasunder, who even has a weblog that I most definitely recommend you read, including as many of the archived posts as you can cram into your day. Like, all […]

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i swear like i’ve got hella extra time on my hands
This is the coolest link ever. Or maybe I’m just really, really easily amused - a condition that is already well-established, since it has been previously documented on this weblog a bajillion times.
Thanks for the link, Zainab. And for forgiving me for being so terrible […]

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hella trippy, hella fun, hella nor-cal, what?
Hours of amusement, entertainment, you name it. Okay, so maybe not hours. But still, the things I do to escape from writing research papers… Geez louise.

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spot the fake smiles
Yeah, yeah, so you think you’re so smart and cool and all that. You think people hang on to your every word and can’t stop laughing when they’re in your vicinity. But tell me, how good are you at telling the difference between fake and genuine smiles? You sure they love you […]

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- only because SecretAgentMAN was already taken…
Beautiful and evocative poetry, hilariously insane ramblings
- “a wonderful, truly inspiring story” [via Ublog]
A Road Paved With Pledges and Pain
- darn east coast keeps tripping me up
Can You Pass the Third Grade?
- safe area america
Graphic novelist Joe Sacco goes back to Sarajevo with his powerful new book “The […]

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i should write one of these
Yes, I’ve been busy sleeping my life away lately, and yes, my comments link is on crack. But it’s okay. We can deal, right? Here, read this…something I found off a cool website. A beautiful piece of writing that I wanted to share, and I have been granted kind permission […]

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So it’s midnight, and i’m sitting here wading through the 43971361735 emails I’ve received in the address i use for my halaqa/BAMY (Bay Area Muslim Youth) emails. So much stuff i’m behind on, man. One week of studying for finals, plus another week of almost killing myself through MORE studying and actually taking the final […]

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