A Canadian on a visit to China pens a letter upon celebrating Eid al-Fitr at the Huaisheng mosque in Guangzhou, China’s third largest city….Click to Read More
Muslims at the Eid al Fitr prayers at the Huasheing mosque on Thursday, August 8, 2013. Photo: Zulfikar Mulji. Please click for letter from China.
“….if like me, you look at the face again after reading the 450-page tome, you would be forgiven for losing yourself in sheer rapture of the woman who has made you fall in love with her story. Why? Because a male writer has given birth to her in his book and clothed her with the ghosts and memories of Kenya history’s past” – Excerpt from a review by Cyprian Fernandes
Bead Bai is drawn from domestic and community life of Sakina evolving around two objects of women’s art that are depicted in this image. Both are of considerable social and artistic values among two culturally different people living side by side as separate yet in some ways inter-reliant societies on the savannah. One object is the revered bandhani shawl of the Khoja Ismailis (left) and the other is the emankeeki, a beaded neck-to-chest ornament of the Maasai. For a review of the book please click on image.
BOOK REVIEW BY NIZAR MOTANI
This latest addition to the expanding frontier of Gujarati studies offers eleven masterly chapters written by thirteen scholars representing several disciplines…..Out of the eleven chapters three of them focus on the current Ismaili Imam’s leadership style and the geet and ginanic traditions of his followers of Gujarati origin….Read More
Please click for book review by Nizar Motani
“…Islam has become part of Africa in a process as complex as the history of the continent itself….If the language of Islam in Africa has been Arabic, it has also been indigenous African Languages. The coming of Islam sometimes meant the imposition of new political and social order, but also the absorption of Islam into an existing order…” –Nelson Mandela, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, July 11, 1997
Please click: RENEWAL AND RENAISSANCE – TOWARDS A NEW WORLD ORDER
Please click for “Renewal and Renaissance” by Nelson Mandela
“I’m afraid I have some awful, awful news to share. Our dearest, most beloved Mo passed away today on New Year’s Day, Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at approximately 2.30 a.m. in our home here in Chiang Mai, Thailand” — Lisa S. Keary….Read More
Mohezin Tejani – author and humanitarian
There is one writer Simerg would like to single out just before 2012 ends, and the person is Mohezin (Mo) Tejani for his thought-provoking contributions both in prose and poetry. Tejani, a global nomad who has lived and worked in humanitarian aid in five continents of our planet, writes with insight and brilliance on many themes and topics including nature, social issues and travel narratives.
“Ute Visions” – a great piece by essayist Mo Tejani. Please see links on this page
The award-winning author’s latest piece is based on Shakespeare’s The Seven Ages of Man and looks at the life of an Indian, African, and American in 2012 in contrast to Shakespeare’s man of 1538. An earlier piece was dedicated to Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan for Simerg’s special series, “Thanking Ismaili Historical Figures”, which portrayed the late Prince’s life-long contributions with warmth and affection.
One of the many superb pieces by Tejani on this website. See links on this page.
We invite our readers around the globe to get to know Tejani through the following fine pieces which Simerg was proud to publish in 2012 (and earlier):
2012:
“The Seven Ages of Man Redux”
Thank You Letter to Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan – “A Man of Multiple Visions”
“New Hampshire Twilight” and “Iguazu”
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A thank you letter to Prince Sadruddin, an affectionate portrayal by Mo Tejani. See links on this page for Tejani’s fine contributions.
More 2012…
Ute Visions
Inca Gods
A Nature Poem
Exploring Belgium: The Modern and the Medieval
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Pre-2012:
A nature piece by Tejani which appeared in 2011. Please see links on this page for Tejani’s great essays.
A Letter to Charles Darwin from Galapagos
Singida
Childhood Games
Special to Simerg
Mo Tejani’s trilogy of poems is based on Shakespeare’s The Seven Ages of Man and looks at the life of an Indian, African, and American in 2012 in contrast to Shakespeare’s man of 1538.
PLEASE CLICK: “The Seven Ages of Man Redux” by Mo Tejani
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