February 2012
22 posts
“Du’aa is like a weapon, and a weapon is only as good as the person who is...”
– Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziyyah
“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
addismusikainmyheart:
::blush:: ::sigh::
January 2012
20 posts
“Mind is not your intelligence.
It may sound strange but this is a truth, that...”
– Osho (via monamade)
Watchkatebomz:
A documentary portrait of the African photographer Malick Sidibe, and a journey through Malian history inspired by his iconic images. Sidibe’s snapshots from the late 50s through to the early 70s capture the carefree spirit of a youth asserting their freedom from colonialism in the early days of Malian independence - until a coup ushered in decades of austere military dictatorship....
Spotlight: Priya Ramrakha, a profile by the NY...
katebomz:
“Priya Ramrakha was killed 41 years ago on a roadside while covering the Nigerian Civil War for Time-Life.
This Kenyan photojournalist was among the first African contract photographers for arguably the world’s most famous picture magazine. He chronicled the rapid decline of the independence movements in Zanzibar, Congo, Rhodesia, South Africa, Aden and Nigeria in beautiful,...
“Lord, show me things as they are.
You show a thing as fair, and in reality it...”
– excerpt from Fihi Ma Fihi (Rumi)
“Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach, then forced to search for...”
– Huey P Newton (via thisbeautifulwound)
“Beware of every hour and how it passes, and only spend it in the best possible...”
– Imaam ibn Al-Jawzee
December 2011
57 posts
“Some men try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others” Let our wellbeing and faith not depend on putting others down. There’s no honour in bashing others or their beliefs to make ours look more credible; if you have faith in your belief that should be enough in itself. Playing the comparison game is an infinite vicious circle, break out of it. We don’t have to believe...
