Unveiling the Veil™ – Skilful White clouds

21 June 2021Rabab Maher ☁ Skilful White Clouds

Poem ☁️ Vacant Tolerance ~ Reframing Perspectives

‘Malicious generalisations about Islam have become the last acceptable form of denigration of foreign culture in the West; what is said about the Muslim mind, or character, or religion, or culture as a whole cannot now be said in mainstream discussion about Africans, Jews, other Orientals, or Asians.’ ~ The Late Edward Said

18 March 201818 November 2019Rabab Maher ☁ Skilful White Clouds

Poem ☁ A Silent Plea ~ Killing Ourselves Slowly

{وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا}

{And do not kill yourselves; Indeed, Allâh is to you ever Merciful.}

(04:29)

11 December 20138 May 2020Rabab Maher ☁ Skilful White Clouds

A Veiled Chick’s Outburst 04 ☁ A Few Steps Too Far in Artistic Expression

The former British diplomat, the late Hasan le Gai Eaton رحمه الله said, ‘that while Muslims will sagely nod in agreement when you state that ignorance, hypocrisy and fanaticism do exist in the Muslim world, they usually assume that they themselves are not guilty.’

8 August 201218 November 2019Rabab Maher ☁ Skilful White Clouds

Poem ☁ A Symbol of My Love ~ My Declaration

The inspiration for this simple poem came to me on Saturday, 8th October 2005, after the comments, looks and [mis]treatments (and questions) I received because of my ḥijâb in London after the 7/7 bombings.