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A breath of fresh air… Deeper analysis of the issues, based on a unique perspective. Read, “Like”, subscribe and recommend.

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ABOUT

This blog applies the worldwide perspective of a man who’s studied at Columbia University, Duke, The university of Sydney (Australia) and the University of Texas at Austin. He’s lived in Saudi Arabia and Oman, married in Pakistan, and visited the UK, Germany, France Spain, Thailand, Mexico and the UAE. All along the way, he’s collected the perspectives and memories of people through their words, actions and books. All of that rolled up into a blog that is out of this world. Our mission is to give voice to every view, and every side to get to the truth of the issues. And to tell a few funny stories in between.

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AWARDS

Shortlist, 1433 (2011) Muslim Writers Awards, Unpublished Short Story Category Entry: Strange Marriage

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al-Qãhırıï PUBLICATIONS

STRANGE MARRIAGE

(Non-Fiction, ISBN: 9781257880768)

Shortlist, 1433 (2011) Muslim Writers Awards, Unpublished Short Story Category

Daniel is an African-American who accepted Islam in New York after witnessing 9/11. An improbable string of coincidences leads him to an arranged marriage in Pakistan to a girl he’s never met. This surprise story captures the enduring power of love, which can overcome time, distance and culture. al-Qãhırıï’s fresh narrative style lets readers personally a stranger-than-fiction tale they can scarcely imagine, yet profoundly relate to. It is, in a word, inspiration… Available now in paperback at Google Books, Lulu.com and other outlets. *

purified pages

(Poetry, ISBN: 9780557946235)

purified pages is an invitation to see the world from the perspective of one who has been on an extraordinary journey of the soul. collectively, these poems are an image of transformation, but the consistent message is one of love and redemption. with a unique style born of a mind in which widely disparate influences mingle, al-Qãhırıï has created poems that are at once deeply personal and highly relevant. from the aesthetic and deceptive simplicity of the earlier poems, to the tight rhythms and caustic slang of the epic “jahiliyyah,” to later poems like the scintillating “i, mujahid” and the beautiful, ironical “tetrameron,” his work sings with a uniquely talented voice that the world needs desperately to hear. Available nowin paperback at Google Books, Lulu.com and other outlets. __________________________________________________