Sweet fruit laid bare on a rugged table, supple skinned and furred. To juxtapose the craggy eggshell-tempera smeared around his stretched face. From widows peak to concave dimple, soft and milky like a new-born babe. Shrivelled and unwanted like crumpled paper, now a different shade of flesh. A riverbank of […]

This essay aims to give a better understanding of the extremely complex concept of Islam that nowadays seems to be the centre of an articulated dispute arisen after the horrific attacks of 9/11. The first chapter analyses the meaning of Islam commencing from the etymological roots to the study of […]

Paint these bloody stripes on the curves of my canvas, these burnished strikes – pains from my life. Denser than water, but fluid for my masterpiece. Crimson soft felt; pools darkly black. Tip the head of the brush; don’t make me blush. An aching chasm, a mouth abused, all toothed […]

When you’re faced with a big decision to make, it’s not always easy to know what to do. For every choice there are pros and cons, and we’ll often spend a long time wondering what to do for the best. Of course, the bigger the decision is that you’re making […]

From cinder and spark comes a rising spirit, as sagacity soars on the breath of the wind. Organic, tangible, alive with the smell of nurturing seedtime. A faithful follower of your bold distinction; an unbearable calling of purpose bestowed me. Descant duality plays over my doubts, as the morning song […]

The orange flames cast light onto the darkened cold nights of winter.  The gods of old are waiting to be appeased, signalling the end of one year in preparation for the next. In ancient times fires lit up the darkened skies offering protection and cleansing in rituals to the gods […]

“Our girls are there to perform sex and 20,30 even 100 men take turns with them and they return here, bearing the fruits of these sexual contacts, this so-called Sexual Jihad ”. Those are some of the deep words pronounced by the Tunisian Minister of Interior Lotfi Ben Jeddou, in […]

It’s almost that time of year again when everyone will be embracing ‘spooky season’, well that is what I call it anyway. Children, and Adults too, all get geared up and wear scary clothes and do their best to give others the fright of their life, just so they can […]