Category: Reviews
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Once, ‘koesister mentality’ meant narrow thinking. But I steal it back, and sugar it differently: for me, koesister mentality is resilience after rising, sweetness after struggle, and barakat in every bite.
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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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A whirlwind week at the IslamicText Institute and Azzawia: from Arabic grammar drills and fiqh debates to the living practice of Mawlood. These are not just classes, but circles of light where knowledge, devotion, and community flow together.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s warning — “Take away our language and we will forget who we are” — echoes in the Cape’s own history. Kaaps, Arabic-Afrikaans, and the Ratib al-Haddad are more than words; they are living archives of faith, resistance, and belonging. When empire tries to sever the tongue, we stitch the seam back together…
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A tribute to Cecelia ‘Hatta’ Williams—beloved flower seller of Trafalgar Place. A poetic, visual, and communal reflection on Cape Town’s everyday saints. By Adli Yacubi.
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When I published my first book in 2014, a community in Pretoria invited me to share with them the significance and the reasons for writing Punching Above Its Weight.
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When I first saw Groundhog Day, I was drawn to its notion of Carpe Diem
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Changing the narrative of your country, one status update at a time…
Adli Yacubi 