top of page

Publications

Academic Publications 

  • “Love, Longing, and Desire: Reconceptualizing Fanāʾ as Ecstasy in Fakhr al-DīnʿIrāqī’s Poetry.” Journal of Sufi Studies (submitted 2023)

  • Review of Omid Safi, Radical Love. Reading Religion: American Academy of Religion (2019)

  • Translator and Field Consultant for “Value Predicate Analysis: A Language-Based Tool for Diagnosing Behavioral Tendencies of Religious or Value-Based Groups in Regions of Conflict.” Journal of Scientific Study of Religion (2018)

Creative Writings

 The Lumina Journal, “sunkissed.”

 Months to Years, “wintering.”

 The Black Fork Review, “sun-blue dreams.”

 Ignatian Literary Magazine, “fireflies.”

 Poetry South, “woven in silken sky.”

 The Elevation Review, “gravelly point”

 Quillkeepers Press, “solace.”

 Streetlight Magazine, “a cricket’s delight.” 

 Wingless Dreamer, “fireflies,” and “joy.”   

 Tiger Moth Review,  “abyad.”   

 The Roadrunner Review, “woven in silken sky.”   

 Last Leaves, “a woodpecker’s delight”.

 Rigorous Magazine, “twilight.”        

 The Ice Colony and Active Muse, “wild skies.”  

 Tareekh-i Adab-i Urdu, “Ye Un Dino Ki Baat Hai.” 

 Tafheem, “Ay Saqī-i Khūb rū.” 

 Audio Times, “Barf jo kayi sadion se.” 

Projects

Documentary on Qawwālī: 'How Lyric Moves and Morphs: Qawwali Music in Pakistan'

Podcast on Sufi Poetry: The Logic of the Birds

Gratitude Project: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of Gratitude

Video (Translation): Shaykh Ayaz's Poem 'Baanh Tehni Si'

Co-Founder: The Creative Room

Translations

  • I am currently working on a complete English translation of Amīr Khusraw's Dibāchāh-i Dīvān-i Ghurrat al-kamāl (Preface to The Full Moon of Perfection). 

bottom of page