Freedom is a Story We Tell Ourselves

Shireen Qudosi
4 min readJul 4, 2023

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: Freedom was a story we told ourselves.

The following is an excerpt from my upcoming second book The Song of the Mystery: The Foundation for Human

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Shireen Qudosi

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