Category: Posters
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When flags become brands and uniforms cloak injustice, we must name what we see: a world where war hides behind legality and theft wears a tie. This blog is a poetic protest against global hypocrisy — from Gaza to gilded offices — and a reminder that resistance still rows quietly below deck.
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From a family Gaajah in Florida North to the chorus of the Burdah at Houghton Mosque, Joburg’s dhikr carries both intimacy and grandeur. This Rabiʿ al-Awwal, in Heritage Month, I was reminded that memory does not belong to Cape Town alone. It stretches wider — across towns, valleys, mosques and homes — carried in the…
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This reflection flows from my Radio 786 series with Gadija Ahjum — Rooted Light, Series 2. In the month of Rabiʿ al-Awwal and Heritage Month, I write of Mawlud as memory in our veins and in our graves: sandalwood tasbihs from Makkah, rampies leaves cut by children, the riwāyah of Barzanji, and the moment we…
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In the Karoo, three koppies rise like ribs from Mother Earth’s chest — storm-sisters who absorbed a comet’s grief and became stone. This is their myth. Their vanishing. Their voice beneath the silence.
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In Gaza, not all superheroes fly. Some livestream truth. Some carry bleeding children. Some send plastic bottles filled with rice. And some — like the mother stirring a pot that is almost empty — hold the line with nothing but dust and devotion. This post is not about comic books. It is about subverting myths,…
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Discover the hidden contributions of African and Muslim civilisations to science, education, culture, and daily life — from algebra and surgery to universities and the fork itself.
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Tamat is more than a graduation. It is a celebration of the living Qur’an — a covenant of sound, presence, and tradition, carried from Hadramaut to the Cape. From children in medoras and sorbaan to processions through District Six, this ritual reminds us that knowledge is not an ending, but a beginning. This post honours…
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Hājar was a Black woman, a mother, and a servant whose trust in Allah turned a barren desert into the heart of Islam. Her courage became the pattern of worship, and her grave a sanctuary of dignity.
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If there is one poet that can speak to the heart of spirituality with a timeless relevance and cutting across different persuasions, then Rumi is most certainly the master.
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In 2011, on 23 January, an icon of the struggle for freedom and democracy in South Africa passed away. Johnny Issel was not just central to the formation of the United Democratic Front…
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