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The Drinking Gourd
The Drinking Gourd provides nuanced depictions of the Black Muslim Diaspora through various forms of media, including but not limited to: visual art, poems, non-fiction, and fiction.
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Mariam Coker
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The Drinking Gourd
Apr 9, 2021
7:30am on E
after seeing my sister get our two nieces ready for their first Eid at grandma’s house —…
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Safiyah Cheatam
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The Drinking Gourd
Jul 31, 2020
Making a Case for W.E.B. Du Bois as a Proto Afrofuturist
The term Afrofuturism evokes a stellar…
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Jummai
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The Drinking Gourd
Jun 19, 2020
Home for Two Weeks
It had been five years since I had been to Nigeria before returning in late 2019…
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zakaria
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The Drinking Gourd
Mar 13, 2020
A Note on Daydreaming
Daydreams exist right on the borderline between the real and surreal. The center…
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Kamila Ahmad
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The Drinking Gourd
Jan 3, 2020
Proud Maryaam
My inception was poetic, with Aunt Maryaam at the helm.
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Nasteho Ali
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The Drinking Gourd
Oct 25, 2019
The Fabric Of Our Identity
She didn’t feel all that great — that much I gathered on that August…
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Nasibah Elmi
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The Drinking Gourd
Oct 18, 2019
Who Gets To Be An Ancestor In A World Failing To Adapt To Climate Change?
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Muslims, we have a…
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Muna Mohamed
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The Drinking Gourd
Oct 11, 2019
To Mother a Library
There is no library card to access trauma, but there is always room for a trigger…
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