"John is brilliant at communicating. She's also really funny. Poems don't get more direct and precise and unforgettable than this." --National Post The highly anticipated new collection from Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Aisha Sasha John.
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Mixing-whether referred to as mestizaje, callaloo, hybridity, creolization, or multiculturalism-is a foundational cultural trope in Caribbean and Latin American societies. Historically entwined with colonial, anticolonial, and democratic ideologies, ideas about mixing are powerful forces in the ways identities are interpreted and evaluated. As Aisha Khan shows in this ethnography, they reveal the tension that exists between identity as a source of equality and identity as an instrument through which social and cultural hierarchies are reinforced. Focusing on the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Khan examines this paradox as it is expressed in key dimensions of Hindu and Muslim cultural history and social relationships in southern Trinidad. In vivid detail, she describes how disempowered communities create livable conditions for themselves while participating in a broader culture that both celebrates and denies difference.Khan combines ethnographic research she conducted in Trinidad over the course of a decade with extensive archival research to explore how Hindu and Muslim Indo-Trinidadians interpret authority, generational tensions, and the transformations of Indian culture in the Caribbean through metaphors of mixing. She demonstrates how ambivalence about the desirability of a callaloo nation-a multicultural society-is manifest around practices and issues, including rituals, labor, intermarriage, and class mobility. Khan maintains that metaphors of mixing are pervasive and worth paying attention to: the assumptions and concerns they communicate are key to unraveling who Indo-Trinidadians imagine themselves to be and how identities such as race and religion shape and are shaped by the politics of multiculturalism.
Mixing-whether referred to as mestizaje, callaloo, hybridity, creolization, or multiculturalism-is a foundational cultural trope in Caribbean and Latin American societies. Historically entwined with colonial, anticolonial, and democratic ideologies, ideas about mixing are powerful forces in the ways identities are interpreted and evaluated. As Aisha Khan shows in this ethnography, they reveal the tension that exists between identity as a source of equality and identity as an instrument through which social and cultural hierarchies are reinforced. Focusing on the Indian diaspora in the Caribbean, Khan examines this paradox as it is expressed in key dimensions of Hindu and Muslim cultural history and social relationships in southern Trinidad. In vivid detail, she describes how disempowered communities create livable conditions for themselves while participating in a broader culture that both celebrates and denies difference.Khan combines ethnographic research she conducted in Trinidad over the course of a decade with extensive archival research to explore how Hindu and Muslim Indo-Trinidadians interpret authority, generational tensions, and the transformations of Indian culture in the Caribbean through metaphors of mixing. She demonstrates how ambivalence about the desirability of a callaloo nation-a multicultural society-is manifest around practices and issues, including rituals, labor, intermarriage, and class mobility. Khan maintains that metaphors of mixing are pervasive and worth paying attention to: the assumptions and concerns they communicate are key to unraveling who Indo-Trinidadians imagine themselves to be and how identities such as race and religion shape and are shaped by the politics of multiculturalism.
This is one of the I Can Series of books that introduces and illustrates some basic yet important concepts and terms for young Muslim children. These are explained with reference to their everyday life and in the settings with which children are familiar. In simple, easy-to-understand language the series presents Islam as a living reality to be experienced in daily life. It answers many questions about Islam as faith which arise in the young, curious minds. For ages 3-5 years and the young at heart. How do we pray to Allah? As we go about our busy lives, we pray to Him at home, in the mosque, in the park, on the train or the bus, and everywhere else we can go—even on the moon!
If Quilts Could Talk: My Quilts, My Stories Volume 1
Aisha Lumumba
Few Books, Incorporated
2012
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Gifted: Art Quilts Featuring African Amercan History Makers
Aisha Lumumba
Few Books, Incorporated
2012
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Cuisine On The Nile Vegetarian Cookbook: Vegetarian Meal Favorites
Aisha Lumumba
Few Books, Incorporated
2014
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Cuisine On The Nile Cookbook is a great mix of old and new; quick and involved; fast and slow recipes with a soulful flair. The book is filled over 100 recipes with accompanying full color photographs of each recipe. Aisha Lumumba has done a wonderful job of showing how to cook great vegan food.
Amani Birth: Assisting Mothers for Active, Natural, Instinctive Birth
Aisha Al Hajjar
Amani, Incorporated
2013
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Aisha Sharif's debut collection is an exploration in belonging--to a family, to a community, to a faith. In poems that navigate the boundaries of these different types of belonging, Sharif examines both what is lost and what is gained. Praise for To Keep From Undressing Muslim narratives, bodies, and lineages don't just matter; they make up the American fabric, both historic and contemporary, and woven within that fabric is a tradition rooted in the same ideals and morals and complications as all other American narratives. Sharif's poems deconstruct the hijab not for metaphoric purposes, or to serve as a simplified how-to manual for the unlearned. The hijab becomes a directional marker into the poet herself, wondering "how to truly unwrap myself." And what we find is the good work of poetry: desire, regret, mis-spoken languages, vulnerabilities. --F. Douglas Brown, author of ICON, and Zero to Three, winner of 2013 Cave Canem Poetry PrizeTo Keep from Undressing, Aisha Sharif's timely debut collection, reveals the type of honesty that gets you uninvited to family reunions. Sharif requires honesty, not only of those she speaks of in her poems, but also of herself. The undressing comes from the wrestling with the truth of the discomfort but also the beauty of what we now call intersectionality but what has been long known as being a black woman in America-- a folding and unfolding, a combination of internalized faith, motherhood, men, family and unshakable identity. --Natasha Ria El-Scari, author of The Only Other In nature, the greatest richness appears at the edges between habitat zones--between meadow and forest, oasis and desert, sea and shore. The same can be true of poetry that explores the edges between seemingly disparate realms or rival qualities, as in this fine collection by Aisha Sharif. She speaks in these poems of how it feels to be both Muslim and black, faithful and doubting, obedient and rebellious. --Scott Russell Sanders, author of Earth Works From the intersection of Black culture and religion, to conversations with jinn, to motherhood, marriage and the meaning of hijab, To Keep From Undressing beautifully melds private and public, interweaving bold and delicate themes into a one-of-kind tapestry of words and freeing truths. The reading experience is just as therapeutic to the reader as the writing was for the writer. That is the mark of pure magic. --Nadirah Angail author of On All Things That Make Me Beautiful and What We Learned Along the Way
Inspired by Her: Celebrating Femininity Through Art Quilts
Aisha Lumumba
Original Bed Art Quilts
2016
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Aisha Lumumba created this book as a celebration of her body of work over the last ten years. This book and the art work within shows her love, respect and adoration for the women in her life.View it as a photo-journal of her plunge into the depths of quilt art. Ms. Lumumba's art highlights the various activities of women and shows how she feels about women and their lives.
The Women Who Fly continues my idea of uplifting women through my art. This series evoked a strong desire to tell the story of women who have suffered, fallen down, gotten back up and soared. The idea for this exhibit came to me with "Only Women Have Wings" back in 2009. I put it on the back burner until "And The Angels Cried" came forth out of the horrendous shooting death of the Emanuel Nine in a Charleston, South Carolina church. The flame was ignited inside me to create an entire series of quilts exclaiming that we get knocked down but we don't stay down. After creating "Leap", the quilts started rolling in. Dancers after dancers, then different kinds of dancers, all came to me. The wings and the outfits were just as important as the stories that went along with the quilts.Finally it was a memorable series with audacious stories and beautiful quilts, plus a bonus quilt pattern.
Finally a cookbook with easy recipes for the novice cook as well as welcome additions to the expert chefs' library. This book takes the fear and uncertainty out of becoming a vegan. The new vegan no longer has to wonder "what will I eat if I give up meat and dairy?". This cookbook is filled with healthy options for everyday dining. Over 50 recipes that are simple to prepare accompanied by colorful pictures of each dish.
Real Life Enlightenment: Breadcrumbs for the Spiritual Seeker
Aisha Brackett
Personal Freedom Publishing
2017
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Earth is a school where we come to learn spiritual lessons. Sometimes, we need reminders that we are direct descendants from Divine Source and all of our surroundings, including ourselves, come from God. All roads eventually lead back to God and this book is about the journey home. Real Life Enlightenment explores the mindset of living an enlightened life in a modern world. It was written for those spiritual seekers who search for truths, find truths, and now have to incorporate them into their daily lives of jobs, family life, and responsibilities.
'Midnight Thoughts', a brand new collection of poetry brings a fresh perspective on the issues young adults can relate to: love, sadness and wishes. All deemed too reckless for them to be able to understand in this tender age by the eyes of society. Take a moment to enjoy this poetry collection, bringing you to a world full of realities.
Zoya isn't quite like other children her age. Raised in an immigrant family, Zoya struggles to find acceptance among the other children at school because of her looks and background. However, Zoya is ambitious and determined. With a supportive family and a heart full of passion, Zoya embarks on a quest to find her life's calling. Yet at every turn, she's met with resistance. Her parents tell her the sky is the limit, but others are keen to bring her down to earth at every turn. Join Zoya as she embraces her identity, her passions, and makes her way through a world that doesn't want her to touch the sky. Guarding her inner fire, Zoya learns to trust those who love her and fight for what she believes.