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Shireen Qudosi

Ramadan as Ritual Return

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

8 min readMar 12, 2024

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Ramadan as Ritual Return

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Shireen Qudosi

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…

4 min readJul 4, 2023

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Freedom is a Story We Tell Ourselves

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Shireen Qudosi

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…

4 min readJun 30, 2023

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Music as First Contact

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Shireen Qudosi

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…

2 min readJun 13, 2023

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The Real Story Behind the Satanic Verses

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Shireen Qudosi

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…

8 min readJun 5, 2023

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The Lost King is a Story of Our Fallen Sovereignty

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Shireen Qudosi

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

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

13 min readApr 17, 2023

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

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Shireen Qudosi

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…

4 min readMar 8, 2023

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The Heart of Islam is a Woman

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Shireen Qudosi

The Choice is to Either be a Radical or be Radicalized

Every election year we’re told, “This is the most important election year” — but this really is the most important election year in my…

4 min readNov 8, 2022

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The Choice is to Either be a Radical or be Radicalized

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Shireen Qudosi

Humanity is a Chorus and the Earth is Ready for a New Song.

After September 11th, 2001, I left law school and dove into the rabbit hole of faith to understand how a religion I was told was peaceful…

6 min readOct 12, 2022

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Humanity is a Chorus and the Earth is Ready for a New Song.

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Shireen Qudosi

“Cord-cutting” from the Ayatollah

To preface, I’ve worked on the forefront of womens rights issues within Islam and culture for 22 years. The crisis in Iran is a perversion…

5 min readSep 26, 2022

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“Cord-cutting” from the Ayatollah

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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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