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		<title>Hazem</title>
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I met Hazem while he was working at Ali Baba, a restaurant in Ann Arbor owned by a Palestinian family. The dynamic was interesting between the non-Levant Arabs [Tunisians, Yemenis, etc.] and the Palestinians. Many of the non-levant Arabs worked in the greater Detroit area, from Dearborn to Ann Arbor, sometimes at the whim of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/06/30/hazem/</link>
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		<title>Summer Reading List 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[1] William C. Chittick’s, Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern World [re-read]. [2] The Book Of Illumination Sign Of Success on the Spiritual Path by Shaykh Ahmad Ibn &#8216;Ata&#8217; Allah Al-Iskandari. [3] Jamaluldeen Abdullah Ibn Hisham al-Ansari’s, Sharh Shudhur al-Dhahab; [4] Sherman Jackson’s, On the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/05/22/summer-reading-list-2008/</link>
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		<title>A Weekend With The Quba Institute – Khatiyb Training Course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The last several weeks have been tough ones for the Muslim community here in Philadelphia. With the embarrassing letdown of the bank robbery scandal, many Muslims have been left in a state of bewilderment, angst, anger and confusion. I cannot say that I am not myself afflicted with some of these feelings. But there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/05/19/a-weekend-with-the-quba-institute-%e2%80%93-khatiyb-training-course/</link>
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		<title>Town Square Meeting – GreenFaith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ I was honored last night to be asked to attend the Town Square Meeting at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Center City Philadelphia. The meeting was presented by Philadelphia Green and was about the merging of faith-based organizations and the stewardship of those religious groups and how they are or can be engaged [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/05/16/town-square-meeting-%e2%80%93-greenfaith/</link>
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		<title>The Trouble With Muslim Pundits Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Today was an odd turn of events that had the building which houses my office on UPenn&#8217;s campus, play host to a talk on Islam by one of today&#8217;s most darling Muslim pundits, Irshad Manji. A self-proclaimed Muslim reformist, activist, human rights lobbiest and lesbian, Irshad gave a talk to an attentive audience which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/05/13/the-trouble-with-muslim-pundits-today/</link>
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		<title>Is Blogging Beneficial?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Or is it just a big waste of time and a growing fitnah for our community? I am troubled by things that I read on the blogosphere and it has made me address the validity of blogging. We all know that Allah will ask us what we spent our time doing. I do not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/05/13/is-blogging-beneficial/</link>
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		<title>Zaytuna In NYC - April 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was up in New York City this past weekend and Monday photographing and attending the lecture series by Zaytuna Institute as a part of their Minara program, held at NYU [actually, it was held at Cooper Union but it seemed to be a joint custody affair] entitled: For God &#38; Country, showcasing Shaykh Hamza [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/05/02/664/</link>
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		<title>The Philosophy of Ahmed Abdul-Malik</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The following is an article about the Sudanese bassist and composer, Ahmed Abdul-Malik, that was originally published in Down Beat Magazine, July 4th, 1963. The article was written by Bill Coss. Beyond an excellent insight into the workings of a master musician, Abdul-Malik ties the thread between knowing the Creator and knowing one&#8217;s world. Given [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/04/30/the-philosophy-of-ahmed-abdul-malik/</link>
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		<title>Islam 201 - The Future of this blog, the future of this Muslim</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ &#8220;How can we sleep when are beds are burnin&#8217;?&#8221; It&#8217;s amazing the hikmah one can find in an old 80&#8217;s pop song. Indeed, the time has come. Not to worry, this isn&#8217;t a signing off memo for the author of this blog. Instead, it&#8217;s a manifesto or perhaps a mirror in which to examine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/04/19/islam-201-the-future-of-this-blog-the-future-of-this-muslim/</link>
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		<title>قم يا ابن آدم</title>
		<description><![CDATA[قم يا ابن آدم
ليس هو مواقفا أنك تضع حالما
ما حان الوقط للحلوم
و لكن الوقط للصلوات و للحمد و شكرا كثيرا
قم يا أمير الصبح
و يطير حلومك
إلى أعلى اللطيف و التواب
قم يا خليفة
و تخلي الارهاق جميعا
و توضأ أوصالك في جوهر الخلق
لأن كلمات و لسان التزكية تبد التكثير كله
قد شقشقت عصفور الفجر
تأليف قصيد
Arise son of Adam!
It is not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/04/11/%d9%82%d9%85-%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%86-%d8%a2%d8%af%d9%85/</link>
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		<title>Go Sanaa&#8217;!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received an email from a very close friend of mine, one who is like a brother to me. He lives in Michigan and I met him shortly after my shahadah. I got to know his family and specifically his children. But when I moved away from Michigan about seven years ago or so, they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/04/02/go-sanaa/</link>
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		<title>WordPress Upgrade 2.5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A word to the wise for those who are thinking of upgrading to 2.5. It&#8217;s great and all but you might find yourself in a panic and frustrated as there are many snags one can hit. Without wasting time in going into details make sure you read all the directions carefully and back up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/03/29/wordpress-upgrade-25/</link>
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		<title>غير وحدة</title>
		<description><![CDATA[لأجلس بوحدي لن أتعلم الوحدة
ما علمته طوال عيشي كله
لأجس في غرفة مزدحمة
لن أدري صداقة آخرين
السماء الحجرة النسيم ريحة الماء
لن أجلس بوحدي
النجوم القمر و ليل غير سحائب
أغشي في حضوره
أغمض العين غشى الليل
لست بوحدي
أكل الفكر كله بالظل
الصوت يذوي من لون العالم  كله
ما زلت بوحدي
تأليف قصيد
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		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/03/26/%d8%ba%d9%8a%d8%b1-%d9%88%d8%ad%d8%af%d8%a9/</link>
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		<title>Horse Farm, Kentucky</title>
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I believe it was in 2002 that I took a trip down to Frankfort, Kentucky, to visit Michelle&#8217;s father and family. This was my first trip to a what I thought would be a hostile territory. As a black man who grew up in &#8220;The North&#8221;, Kentucky held a certain ambiguity for me. I wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/02/29/horse-farm-kentucky/</link>
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		<title>35</title>
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Self-portrait at 35. What grey hairs? Here&#8217;s what 34 looked like.
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		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/02/28/35/</link>
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		<title>Thank You, Sam Cooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brother Cooke&#8217;s voice has given me so much comfort at a time in my life where I&#8217;ve never felt so much pain. Pain enough to make one question one&#8217;s beliefs [in my case, question but not change  ]. Thank you, Sam Cooke. God rest your soul.
I was born by the river in a little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/02/22/thank-you-sam-cooke/</link>
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		<title>Microdiscectomy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That was the name of the procedure I had done this weekend at the University of Pennsylvania hospital. My many thanks to all of you who left comments or sent emails wishing me well. I have a recovery time of anywhere between 8-12 weeks, of which at least four of which will be spent at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/02/17/microdiscectomy/</link>
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		<title>Short Blogging Hiatus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to inform all of you that I will be taking a short hiatus from the blog in order to go forth with a surgical procedure to fix the herniated disc and pinched nerve in my back this Friday. I have not been able to work for the better part of two weeks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/02/12/short-blogging-hiatus/</link>
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		<title>The Living Islam Show - Muslim Bloggers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I will joining fellow bloggers Tariq and Umar this Saturday, God willing if my back holds out, on 900AM, WURD, for the Living Islam Show. The info&#8217;s below.
Please join us Saturday February 9th, 2008, with host Nafis Bouie on the Living Islam show, 5-6 p.m. (E.S.T.), on 900amWURD, your information station committed to solutions.
Nafis will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/02/06/the-living-islam-show-muslim-bloggers/</link>
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		<title>Why Polemics Are A Waste Of Time</title>
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A good brother recently brought to my attention a disturbing video of a Muslim openly bashing and berating a group of Nation of Islam men standing on a street corner in the UK. I watched the video with a sense of shock and disgust. The antagonist obviously had only one thing in mind – to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/01/25/why-polemics-are-a-waste-of-time/</link>
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		<title>Bricolage - Blackamerican Islam and Synthesizing the Future</title>
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There has been much air and debate tossed around about the future of Islam, especially in America. For me, the primary community of interest has and continues to be the Blackamerican community. For many reasons, one that I&#8217;ll give here, it remains a key ingredient in my book, regarding the success of Islam as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/01/21/bricolage-blackamerican-islam-and-synthesizing-the-future/</link>
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		<title>Ice</title>
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Before I purchased my Hasselblad system I found a great old camera on eBay - a Yashica D. It&#8217;s a TLR [twin lens reflex], 6&#215;6 square format camera. It only takes 120 roll film and has a fixed 80mm lens. I still have this camera. It is quite amazing actually. For it&#8217;s age, the lens [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2008/01/03/ice/</link>
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		<title>No Love. No Manners.</title>
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Over the years [16 of them for me now] I have seen a disparagingly absence of manners amongst the Muslims. We have no couth in how we talk, critique and debate one another. In a recent post I came across, I felt compelled to write a little piece. My apologies if it seems to border [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2007/12/21/no-love-no-manners/</link>
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		<title>And Oh Yeah&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Eid Mubarik.
عيد مبارك
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		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2007/12/19/and-oh-yeah/</link>
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		<title>Zaytuna Photographs - Agenda To Change Our Families</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Work work, teaching work and freelance work combined with a nasty cold have buried me under and avalanche. Here&#8217;s a short gallery of shots from the Zaytuna sessions this November. Enjoy.
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		<link>http://www.manrilla.net/blog/2007/12/19/zaytuna-photographs-agenda-to-change-our-families/</link>
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