Comments on: Islam for Americans http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/ online literary magazine Sun, 27 May 2012 00:49:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Pushcart Prize nominations 2010 « qarrtsiluni http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-41974 Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:12:17 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-41974 [...] Pushcart’s official advisors (we don’t know who): Khadija Anderson’s poem “Islam for Americans.” It felt a bit like a vindication of our crowd-sourcing [...]

]]> By: Woodrat Podcast 20: American Quran http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-37344 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:28:32 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-37344 [...] Islam for Americans (Khadija Anderson, qarrtsiluni) [...]

]]> By: Pushcart Prize nominations 2009 « qarrtsiluni http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-36668 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:38:49 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-36668 [...] “Islam for Americans,” by Khadija Anderson [...]

]]> By: Victor http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-25130 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:35:52 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-25130 Read your poem and said to myself_ I’m liking this_suddenly towards last words_loving it…Thanks!

]]> By: Pak Hanafi http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-25127 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:14:41 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-25127 salaam aleykum, I say.

Exiled in Seattle indeed! Love you anyway.

]]> By: Pica http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-24960 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:29:54 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-24960 This is beautiful and so amazing to hear you read it.

]]> By: Elizabeth MacNaughton http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-24802 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:44:21 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-24802 It’s nice to finally hear your voice, it is as beautiful as your poetry!

]]> By: Ann http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-24779 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:32:15 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-24779 Beautiful!

]]> By: Khadija http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-24736 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:24:14 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-24736 HA! you are so right…that’s what happens when you take Arabic 10 years ago and don’t keep up your practice! Thanks!

]]> By: ayesha http://qarrtsiluni.com/2009/11/06/islam-for-americans/#comment-24724 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:45:51 +0000 http://qarrtsiluni.com/?p=6319#comment-24724 Oh, I’m a little confused now – hamza is this letter (ء), and Allah is written (الله) with the the letter ha (ه) at the end, so it’s spelt “alif lam lam ha”, or “alif lam lam alif ha” if you include the special short alif that is above the shadda over the lam – no hamza or alif/alif maqsura (the curved alif) at the end (though it might look that way in some calligraphic styles).

I’m certainly not trying to detract from your work, which is lovely – just trying to understand that small point :) Perhaps I have completely misunderstood…

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