Archive for April, 2011
Last week I went to a lecture by a well known American Islamic scholar and author, Amina Wadud. When my friend Suhaifa mentioned that Amina would be in Cape Town speaking about gender reform in Islam, I was very excited to attend – right up my ally, I thought. Amina spoke about gender issues in Islam, yet I came away wondering not about women more...
I can’t sleep. I have a book to write it’s pouring out of my soul. I have huge canvasses to paint with angry colours. I have pictures to take and roads to run. There are gardens waiting for me. Roses that need planting! Beautiful, over red tomatoes awaiting my bite. Trees to climb wild lakes to swim. Pine-needles to roll in How can I possibly more...
