The Islamic Writers Alliance
announces its
Third Annual Poetry Contest!
This year the IWA Poetry Contest has no theme requirements. The contest will have three categories — youth, adults, and IWA members.
Entry Instructions:
Theme: None
Forms: All forms are acceptable: sonnets, villanella, sestina, epic, elegy, lyric, free verse, narrative, haiku, cinquain, acrostic, diamonds and even 5w’s, lyric and ballad, and spoken [...]
Fire Victims Gain a Little Immortality Through Art
By TRYMAINE LEE
New York Times
Published: April 19, 2007
Aisse Magassa slowly rolled her wheelchair to the wall of the old building, carrying a can of spray paint and with four of her little girls squirming behind her. The air was cold, and droplets of rain crashed softly onto the [...]
Asalaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah.
As a member of the Islamic Writer’s Alliance (IWA) for several years, I have benefitted from the knowledge shared by my sisters. Through the IWA I have made contacts within the mainstream and Islamic publishing worlds that have led to publication of my articles and stories. Through the support of the sister-members I [...]
I am writing from New York having spent 4 days in Chicago for first part of the USA Tour. We are about to embark on the mural and seminars in the New York and hoping the weather will not hinder us too much, as there are severe storms going on. As many have probably heard, [...]
Breaking down a cultural wall
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With graffiti, British artist offers vision of unity between Islam, West … but mural here must wait
By Azam Ahmed
Tribune staff reporter
April 16, 2007
In a world where Islam and the West are sometimes viewed as clashing cultures, Mohammed Ali’s art says otherwise.
Like many young Muslims, he grew up reading the Quran [...]
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