Day 1

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- Farhana Jahan

Day 10

Remember, they don’t know.

- Leanne Scorzoni

On the day love became legal
for more of the world, and Muslims asked
why they should support those kind
of people, I wanted to tell them
about Mum and her rescue cats
in the mountains of…

Almost Time

In 2014, I started an online writing group for people who were interested in the exercise of writing a poem daily for Ramadan. As a writer, I find writing healing, spiritually fulfilling, and cathartic. I know when I am writing, I am connecting with a something bigger than myself — and I was tired of…

Day 11

Oh my Beloved

-Ramy Eletreby

Which of your 99 names shall I cry out
To wholly express how grateful I feel
To be showered by your Love?

Day 3

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- Ramy Eletreby

Nothing signifies Ramadan

Like my mother running her kitchen

Barking orders at my poor father

Day 5

Have a Spine

- Hena Ashraf

when in sujood
do not be intimidated by those walking nearby
stay aware of Who you’re praying to

Day 2

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- Amina Shafi

My secular self resists the communal dusk as I sip a glass of rosé. I toast myself, quietly whisper Ramadan Mubarak, on a date in lieu of eating dates. I feel no shame, breaking this spell on this holy first day. Reminiscent…

Day 7

Speak of a Love

- Naazneen Diwan

I buzzed
my hair, again.
Sculpting close
Feeling
my skull,
bare brush
my lover’s touch.
I shed you
in clumps.
Ritual
of loss
and rebirth,
but I fight
another incarnation.

Day 27

Meri Jaan

- Almas Haider

how do i explain
when some words
taste other on my tounge
when i pause
before each conjugation
and question pronounciation

Day 6

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- Amina Shafi