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Shireen Qudosi

A Sanctum of Stone

Once upon a time, a rabbi told me to “crawl back into the cave you came from.” The words became an invitation. What if I did crawl back…

Nov 10

A Sanctum of Stone

Nov 10

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

What if our story is an ‘orphic egg’ whose gift cracks us open to a hidden reality?

Nov 4

The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Nov 4

A Most Lethal Order

The stories that flame an apocalyptic worldview.

Oct 13

A Most Lethal Order

Oct 13

Ramadan as Ritual Return

Islam’s holy month is a remembrance of our origin story.

Mar 12

Ramadan as Ritual Return

Mar 12

Freedom is a Story We Tell Ourselves

Wedged between the East and the West, lost in a nowhere land of my own, I stood witness to the illusion of choice that pervades cultures…

Jul 4, 2023

Freedom is a Story We Tell Ourselves

Jul 4, 2023

Music as First Contact

Song can be a thread between what is lost and what is trying to be found, often speaking more honestly about the world than the surface…

Jun 30, 2023

Music as First Contact

Jun 30, 2023

The Real Story Behind the Satanic Verses

Long before a British Orientalist renamed it, Islamic philosophers all referred to the controversial ‘Satanic verse’ in the Quran as the…

Jun 13, 2023

The Real Story Behind the Satanic Verses

Jun 13, 2023

The Lost King is a Story of Our Fallen Sovereignty

Not just a story of lost royalty, but of women who like hurricanes spinning across a landscape, are wildly searching for something long…

Jun 5, 2023

The Lost King is a Story of Our Fallen Sovereignty

Jun 5, 2023

We didn’t inherit a faith. We inherited a Mystery.

The game’s afoot. Faith as a puzzle worth solving.

Apr 17, 2023

We didn’t inherit a faith. We inherited a Mystery.

Apr 17, 2023

The Heart of Islam is a Woman

The most effective way to fight broken ideas is to offer a better idea. Instead of spending precious time and energy fighting bad ideas…

Mar 8, 2023

The Heart of Islam is a Woman

Mar 8, 2023

Shireen Qudosi

Shireen Qudosi

I write on faith, identity, and belonging, focusing closely on the sacred feminine and cultivating intimacy with the profane.

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