Author: Nadia Hashimi

Cites

• Sufi Poet Hafiz (1)
  • IN: When the Moon is Low (2015) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The small man Builds cages for everyone He Knows. While the sage, Who has to duck his head When the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the Beautiful Rowdy Prisoners.
    FROM: Dropping Keys, (1350), Poem, Iran
• Rumi (2)
  • IN: House Without Windows (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The message, the rain, and the divine light come through my window Falling into my house from my origins Hell is that house without a window True religions, O servant of God, is creating a window Do not raise your ax to every nook, come Raise your ax to frame a window Do you not know that sunlight Is only the image of the sun that appears beyond her veil?
    FROM: Masnavi III, (1273), Poem, Turkey
  • IN: A House Without Windows (2016) Fiction, NULL
    EPIGRAPH: The message, the rain, and the divine light come through my window Falling into my house from my origins Hell is that house without a window True religion, O servant of God, is creating a window Do not raise your ax to every nook, come Raise your ax to frame a window Do you not know that sunlight Is only the image of the sun that appears beyond her veil?
    FROM: Masnavi III, (1273), Poem, Turkey
• Jalal Ad-Din Mohammad Rumi (1)
  • IN: The Pearl that Broke its Shell (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: Seawater begs the pearl To break its shell
    FROM: "Some Kiss We Want", (None), NULL, Persia/Iran