Humor
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Some really funny & unexpected Anecdotes:
Author’s note: I usually, typically, don’t have many comedic guest-writing on my writing page. But, this particular piece, by Tarek Elsharawy, has had me in stitches. I enjoyed reading his anecdotes…I’m even happier to being able to share his anecdotes, with the rest of you. 1. When you are waiting for the bus and someone… Continue reading
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My Poetic Anatomy: My 1st Published-Work:
Salam/What-Up?!!! My 1st, of many hopeful publications, with Ampli-Pages, is scheduled to drop in April of this year. Please, like this page, to stay tuned to updates as to how to get info. about my publications. This, my 1st, official, publication, will be titled, “My Poetic Anatomy”. #GoCopDat Here’s my facebook page, for those of… Continue reading
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Camelot: Unplugged
Excalibur was never my strength; Lancelot was always treacherous. I never trusted Guinevere, the Round Table Knights ever malicious. The street-life my kingdom, the projects my castles. The hustlers, shooters and stick-up kids, my vassals. My upbringing like the water of a moat: stale, stagnant. No drawbridges to escape from my illusionary palace. The dregs… Continue reading
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The Realities of Being a Hifzh-Kid:
Author’s note: I have chosen to ask some people, whom I know personally, to write about their thoughts, views on how it really is to be a Hafizh (a Memorizer of the Qur’an). I deem it necessary to relate how it truly is: many/most of us, Muslims, whom have not been able to commit Hizh (memorization… Continue reading
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My New Books:
Salam/Hello People I will, with the permission of Allah, be publishing two books this year. These projects are some of the best work that I’ve produced since I’ve been professionally writing. These will be my very first literary-publications. For more details, of when the books will be published, please go to these links: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gareth-Bryant/137796123047230 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ampli-Pages/440859329272328?fref=ts Continue reading
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2012 in review:
The gbwrites.com/ stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 29,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this blog would power 7 Film Festivals Click here to see the complete report. Continue reading
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My St. John’s University Adventure (trust me, this is funny!!!):
This is how my story goes: Back in 2011, I was going to an Islamophobia lecture at St. John’s University, by John Starling, an instructor at the Foundation for Knowledge and Development, in New York City. When I got there, the posters for the event were all gone. And, no one seemed to know where… Continue reading
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My thoughts on Tabassum Rahman!!!
Author’s Note: This post is a poem is about a dear friend of mine, Tabassum Rahman, a standing member of New York University’s Islamic Center, as well as a recent NYU graduate this year. To put it plainly, she’s great-She jumps out the window, to be of help & service for other people. And, she… Continue reading
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Integrity is sacred!!!
Author’s note: The following post is the result of a Muslim, who knows me personally, who has recently deemed it okay to violate the sanctity of our religious-bond, by slandering me, by accusing me of being a Homosexual, something that’s considered a Major-Sin, according to classic Islamic-Texts. Let me first clear the air to all… Continue reading
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My Cocoon-Diaries Part III:
Author’s note: My Cocoon-Diaries are poems and/or general writings which contain self-reflections for me, how I’ve been living & how I should’ve not been living, over a significant portion of time that I’ve taken to limit my social-spheres & social-interactions. It’s been a time for me to dig deep within myself, to wrap myself up… Continue reading