Dust in the Wind

From Surah al Kahf وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا And present to them the example of the life of this world, like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth …

Unboxing ‘Negative Feedback #1’

Negative Feedback #1 is the first irl magazine from George Muncey and the Negative Feedback team. With short photo essays from Damien Maloney, Liam Stock, Laurence Watts, and Tim Palman, and single images from nearly 20 contributors, Negative Feedback is an excellent collection of contemporary photography in the Alec Soth vein, with a heavy dose of disconnection and …

There is no power except in Allah

Alhamdulillah, Allah azza wa jall, al Qawiyy, lent me some of His immeasurable, unimaginable strength over the weekend: I transformed one raised bed garden/vegetable patch into two, and moved it to a more prominent location on the other side of the yard/garden. مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ What Allah willed [has occurred]; there …