“Your Body Is The House You Grew Up In. How Dare You Try To Burn It To The Ground.”

“When words come from the heart of anyone, they find a place in the heart of another.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib (Radhiallahu Anhu)

“Weeping is not the same thing as crying, It takes your whole body to weep, and when it’s over, you feel like you don’t have any bones left to hold you up.”

— Sarah Ockler 

لا توجد كلمات يمكن أن تصف جمال روحك

No words can describe the beauty of your soul.

As summer nears, some of the last representatives of Anatolian nomads have started their historical journey to cooler climates.

In Case you never lived it, this is the life of Palestinian children

#tea

mentally, i’m in the back of a library sipping tea and re-reading my favorite books under the soft light of a candle

“To Allah do we turn our hopes.” — Quran (9:59)

أعود ..

لأنّها كفني . أعود

لأنّها بدني

أعود لأنها وطني

I return..

Because she is my shroud. I return

Because she is my body.

I return because she is my nation.

- Mahmoud Darwish

Kız Kulesi-İstanbul by emrkrm

“True love begins when nothing is looked for in return.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry