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		<title>Khalwa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baye, I bring so so much love to give! &#8216;Child,&#8221; he says, &#8220;You&#8217;ve never learned how to live Love does entice (curvaceous thighs bodacious lies) Those without care to save their heads&#8211; Only they break fast on Love&#8217;s bread.&#8217; I have a song to sing Mustn&#8217;t I give what I bring? &#8216;Wait for her; the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=860&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Safina</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Safina was the Chechen Wolf She was weaned on Phoenix Blood She grew up as an orphan girl In a thatched house walled with mud Safina&#8217;s cold lungs were Breath Divine That would give Life, by and by She sang blue dirges crying, and Watched her men march off to die Safina lived on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=844&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Anamnesis (Remembering the First Pact)</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/anamnesis-remembering-the-first-pact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/?p=831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Her cheek is Black Anima grows envious; cries mine is blacker! (blacker? one could protest) her Black is Soft in an embrace she eclipses night with Night Deep Night that knew no yestereve and her Softness is named Qâf and the glorious Qur&#8217;ân (benediction of my ears) is her whispering, intimate breath jealous Anima sunders [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=831&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Simorgh</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2011/06/17/the-simorgh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albatross]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Genesis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Simorgh is a bird—a big bird, a tremendous bird. We met it once. I met it. But before getting ahead of myself, maybe I should back up a tad—or maybe a few tads. See, as you may have heard, in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=748&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Isfandiyar Struggles with the Simorgh</media:title>
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		<title>Beauty of Duck</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/beauty-of-duck/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooked duck]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Masud Dude]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Visual Poem In dedication to Masud Mohammed. Angry Duck Mob. Elegantly Poised Duck Romantic Portrait of a Lone Duck Hokey-Pokey Duck Civil Rights Activist Duck Yoga Ducks Love Love Kills. Zucchini Duck<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=709&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All the Names</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/all-the-names/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven thoughts. I hope they connect. Salams. And He taught Adam the names of all things; then He brought them within the ken of the angels and said: &#8220;Declare unto Me the names of these, if you are true.&#8221; They replied: &#8220;Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! No knowledge have we save that which Thou [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=16&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quran-Burning and Caritas</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/quran-burning-and-caritas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beauty will save the world]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Draw Muhammad Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, by now most people have already probably heard about the community in the States who have planned the Quran-Burning Day. Besides this, there have been other events, such as Draw Muhammad Day, and the like. Let them draw him! If any one of them can capture his face on their canvas, then I&#8217;ll be the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=694&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Wisdoms</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/two-wisdoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 04:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naba, I will teach you two principles that will help you through life, which will help your mind get over blocks about other people. Two wisdoms from our tradition. I think that lots of people (foremost myself) sometimes have pent-up guilt when it comes to talking to someone with whom they haven&#8217;t spoken to in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=691&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Your Opinion?</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/whats-your-opinion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a well-known hadith from the Prophet (salla Allahu alayhi wa sallama) saying, &#8220;Ana `inda zanni `abdi biy,&#8221; which I translate as: I am as My servant thinks of me/I am [found at] in the opinion My servant has of Me. Now, I&#8217;ve heard two strands of narration concerning this hadith. The second says, &#8220;Ana `inda husni zanni [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=684&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.</media:title>
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		<title>Ya Laitani &#8211; If only&#8230;!</title>
		<link>http://alifzabar.wordpress.com/2010/05/17/ya-laitani-if-only/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 03:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zabardast</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indonesian sufis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was called an Arabophile the other day. Can you believe! I am no such a thing. For example, this Arabic poem wasn&#8217;t even written by an Arab I phile lots of people. It&#8217;s called &#8220;Ya Laitani&#8221;, meaning &#8220;If only&#8230;!&#8221; and it is by the group Debu. أَيْـنَ لِذَّةُ الْعَيْــشِ   &#8211;   وَبَهْجَتِي لَدى الْهَجْرِ [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alifzabar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11345190&amp;post=655&amp;subd=alifzabar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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