Hello! My name is Sadia. I write about sufism sometimes, but mostly I write personal essays on things I’m learning from my teachers including my toddlers. Each newsletter starts with a confession and then goes into tangents exploring topics like fiction, and philosophy. Last week’s piece Roses and Cheesesteaks is here. My most popular post is Sufi Suggestions. If you like this, you can buy me coffee and chai as I drink both without discrimination. I welcome your comments and I respond to each one. Thank you.
Confession
I’ve been resetting my relationship with the Quran.
My friend and teacher Hazel Gomez, who grew up Catholic, said that when you want to speak to God, you raise your hands in supplication; when God wants to speak to you, you read the Quran.
Growing up, I was not so obviously Muslim. My name’s origin is Persian and I didn’t have a last name like “Islam.” Like most religious minorities growing up in America, I never talked about organized religion or faith in public. I spen…
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