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Category: Unveiling the Veil™

Hijâb ♡ Literally means ‘screen’ and figuratively ‘veil’

21 June 202127 January 2023Rabab 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

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18 March 201828 January 2023Rabab 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)

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16 May 201627 January 2023Rabab Maher ☁ Skilful White Clouds

Poem ☁ THE ONLY TRUTH: THE INNER TRUTH (I)

A blur
In the eyes of many
A vision lost . . . A ghost
Oblivious to most
Obvious only to the few who See
Transparency . . .
Authenticity

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11 December 201327 January 2023Rabab 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.’

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8 August 201227 January 2023Rabab 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 the ḥijâb in London after the 7/7 bombings.

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