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Tamat: A Sacred Completion, A Living Beginning
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: The Black Mother Whose Faith Turned the Heart of Hajj
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Africans in Early Islam: A Celebration of Courage, Dignity, and Faith
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Braima Winter: The Man Who Read the Weather and Raised Us with Words
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The Verse That Faces Outward
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Meta Blocked My Breath. Now It Wants to Hire My Lungs.
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Scroll of the Sorbaan & Medora – Worn in Sound, Washed in Meaning
A Cape Qur’anic remembrance: children once walked the streets of Bo-Kaap and District Six, dressed in sorbaans and medoras, reciting the final verses of the Qur’an. This was the Tamat — not memorised, but recited with presence. A covenant, a celebration, and a sacred procession into the heart of memory.
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The Fragrance Lingers: Remembering Hatta and the Cape’s Everyday Saints
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Unseen Table
Adli Yacubi’s poem “Unseen Table” serves as a devotional meditation on the Divine, blending rhythmic verses reminiscent of Qur’anic language with Arabic calligraphy. It reflects on the attributes of God, providing a resonant space for spiritual connection amidst the chaos of the world, encouraging readers to embrace a quiet invocation of prayer.
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Two Rivers
Adli Yacubi 