And say: My lord, increase me knowledge-wise

وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا

The nobility of sugar

The nobility of sugar

Something to consider over a glass of cloying mint tea served piping hot to cool the body on this, the longest day of the year: 

!ما أنبل قطعة السكر حين أعطت الشاي كل ما لديها ثم اختفت
— محمود درويش
How noble is a clump of sugar when it has given the tea all it has and then vanishes!
— Mahmoud Darwish
"Genre stereograph showing two women and a man having tea in a parlor. One woman sits in a chair in front of the tea service, her hand hovering above a sugar pot. The other, younger woman stands behind the table, looking toward the handsome young ma…

"Genre stereograph showing two women and a man having tea in a parlor. One woman sits in a chair in front of the tea service, her hand hovering above a sugar pot. The other, younger woman stands behind the table, looking toward the handsome young man who faces them." [sic.]

Library Company of Philadelphia / Raymond Holstein Stereograph Collection


A book only a pedant could love

A book only a pedant could love

Knockin’ on heaven’s door

Knockin’ on heaven’s door