Pulling the Thread of Curiosity
An audio reading of the introduction to my book: The Song of the Human Heart
“The game's afoot.” — Sherlock Holmes
Recently, I finally took a chance and watched the film Remember Me. It was a poignant reminder that while we are fast forgetting the recent memory of the September 11th attacks, the people whose lives were forever marred by the events (and the years of brutality that followed), are still very much in the depths of their grief. However much we may lift our chin up and get on with life so to speak, grief is a deep pit in the heart that is forever hollow.
Recently I’ve also been writing wonderful op-eds that marry my work, my book, and the fast-approaching anniversary of the September 11th attacks — and try to get them placed in several niche and national outlets. I’ve not had any luck. It’s as if the queries and submissions I’m sending out are either falling into a rabbit hole of their own on the other end of the email … or people just don’t care anymore. I’m curious what you think and what you make of it as another anniversary comes and goes, paired with the anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
You have to question every assumption as if your whole life was a murder mystery, and the thing that was killed was you.
— Shireen Qudosi
The Song of the Human Heart: Dawn of the Dark Feminine in Islam
I wonder, how much of what we or I do as people who are trying to nurture a new conversation — how much of it matters. Are we wasting our time? I don’t know.
What I do know is that after 22 years of studying faith and religious extremism, I arrived upon the finding that Islam is a seed faith and our task is to bury it in the Dark. And I can’t ignore that. I can’t ignore what I found.
The anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers is next week. My birthday follows the day after — September 12th — and I’d like to offer you a listening gift. I’ve recorded the introduction to my book, The Song of the Human Heart: Dawn of the Dark Feminine in Islam that you can enjoy listening to while you’re driving or working on something around the house. I hope it offers some comfort for those to whom it still matters: some of us have not forgotten.
Listen above or Click here to hear my reading of the introduction to The Song of the Human Heart: Dawn of the Dark Feminine in Islam.