Sep 3, 2008 Posted by saaleha

Day 2 and 3

Tweet There is a stillness in Ramadaan; a special type of quiet that wraps around us. A stillness that renders us malleable; a warm and pliable soul, ready to receive all of Good. Those things that rub against our grain; loaded words that bring on brain-hives and the desire to strew expletives over the offender — for no well-reasoned argument will... read more

Sep 1, 2008 Posted by saaleha

Day One

Tweet It was hard for me to bask in a spiritual infusion today, when my brain must’ve been trying to escape through my eye sockets, for all the pain I blinked back. Hello Caffeine Dependency, you are such a bastard. A website I was working on had its database eaten by some e-tokoloshe. That translated into two full days of work having to be compressed... read more

Aug 21, 2008 Posted by saaleha

The not-quite-Ramadaan-greetings post (updated)

Tweet The best e-card site ever (ever!) has come up with a range of messages just for Ramadaan.As these have been conceptualised in line with their usual facetious-tongue-on-dockers-clad-butt-cheek offerings, do not send on to people who take themselves too seriously. They’ve also introduced a create-your-own e-card function which, as evident below, I... read more

Nov 3, 2006 Posted by saaleha

soul’d (memories of ramadaan)

Tweet Ramdh, “burning of the feet from heat” Ramadha, ‘intense heat” Ramad, “the heat of the stones arising from the intense heat of the sun” Heat. And yet Ramadaan brought a coolness of spirit; satin pools offering respite from the insistent fingers of the sun. And the whisperings of the Shayateen, kept far from us,... read more

Sep 22, 2006 Posted by saaleha

To all my semite…

Tweet … siblings and cousins (and those who hail from motherlands the globe over) Ramadaan Mubarak and Happy Rosh Hashanah. Peace. read more