Liy Learned That

Liy Learned That

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What we really need is outside of the algorithm

What we really need is outside of the algorithm

When your worldview gets darker the longer you scroll on ig or tiktok, accept this invitation to rescue your attention from algorithm-curated spaces and return it to human curation, moderation, and action.

Poem: Pull The Tower

Poem: Pull The Tower

A magnet poem, September 2024

To bear witness is an act of resistance

To bear witness is an act of resistance

On bearing witness, decolonising death positivity, and being steadfast with a heart that will never recover.

"Love goes on and on"

Tea In The Garden

"Love goes on and on"

And then suddenly the tone of the film entirely shifted, just for two beings walking the forest at night, in love.

A 'privilege' so slow, it is the same as losing

A 'privilege' so slow, it is the same as losing

A gentle reminder to the next person who asks me if we are in a world war, and if yes, how would I know.

We only own what was given to us freely

We only own what was given to us freely

If modern life in a climate emergency and multiple genocides means we could be among the last to ever believe, then it may be that we understand the struggle against injustice better now than the early Muslims did.

Befriending the Qur'an

Befriending the Qur'an

What I send to those who ask me how they can start building their own relationship with revelation. How do you read it? Which translations? Where do you start?

Here is a queer Muslim wellbeing workbook to help you feel less alone

The Signs In Ourselves

Here is a queer Muslim wellbeing workbook to help you feel less alone

Sheltering indoors in the holy month of the first year of the global pandemic, encouraged by a friend, I made a love letter to God and to all the queer Muslims who changed my life.

Doomerism is a transitional phase

Doomerism is a transitional phase

"What will capitalists do when there is nothing left to invest in except each other?"

In Japan for the first time

In Japan for the first time

Brief stories of historical baddies

Brief stories of historical baddies

Remembering: Khutulun, Yennenga, the Trung sisters, Trieu Thi Trinh, Malahayati, Srikandi Tun Fatimah, Ching Shih, Sayyida al-Hurra, Chandramalar, Wong So Ying, Shamsiah Fakeh, Khatijah Sidek, Silvia Morello.

On Sharing A Life: Years in Review 2020-2022

Tea In The Garden

On Sharing A Life: Years in Review 2020-2022

Without a door to lock, I had no choice now but to be this me always.