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Hafizah Geter Gives Moving Poetic ‘Testimony’ At Medgar Evers College

January 10, 2017 By José Negroni 1 Comment

A traveler — a poet — and a bit of a millennial-beat, Hafizah Geter read at Medgar Evers College on December 14 in an event that attracted scores of finger-snapping students from the Crown Heights institution.

Her spoken-word reading, with an emphasis on equating the political with the personal, led to her final poem of the evening, “Testimony,” an unreleased tribute to Ditmas Park-native Anita Neal, the mother of Kyam Livingston.

Ms. Livingston, at 37 years old, died in her jail cell in 2013 after guards allegedly denied her requests for medical help for several hours. The following year, Ms. Geter, new to Brooklyn, met Ms. Neal when she refused to overlook her day-in-&-day-out crying on her sidewalk as she mourned the loss of her daughter.

Filed Under: Media & Culture, National News Tagged With: books, culture, Hafizah Geter, Kyam Livingston, poetry

Great Women In Muslim History: Sultan Raziyye of Medieval India

November 14, 2014 By Dr. Milena Rampoldi 3 Comments

Raziyye Hatun is a mostly forgotten female ruler in the Muslim Turkish State of Delhi.

Iltutmush “Shems üd-Dünya v’ed-Dîn,” who was Kutbüddîn Aybek’s slave and son-in-law, seized the throne and took the title of sovereign and became very powerful. His dynasty was given the name of “Shemsiyye.” He was a just ruler and chose his daughter Raziyye Hatun as heir to the throne. Sultan Raziyye was the only female Muslim ruler who, of the three possible means of succession to the throne, was chosen by “Ahid,” that is to say was appointed by the ruling monarch to succeed him.

While this decree was being prepared, some of the influential statesmen who were in contact with the sultan asked him why, when he had sons who were of age, he had chosen to make his daughter Raziyye heir to the Moslem Sultanate of India. Sultan Iltutmush replied that his sons were given to passing their time in drinking and youthful entertainment, that not one of them was capable of managing the country’s affairs without becoming more mature. When Raziyye was sovereign, they would realize what a fortunate choice her appointment as heir had been.

Filed Under: Civil Liberties, Foreign Affairs Tagged With: Ai’sha, Aram Shah, Bahriye Üçok, Balaban, Delhi, Female Sovereigns in Islamic States, feminism, Gûr, history, Iltutmush, Iltutmush “Shems üd-Dünya v’ed-Dîn”, India, Islam, Kutbüddin Aybek, Lahore, Melik Alâüddîn Jânî, Melik İzzüddîn Kebir Han Ayaz, Melik İzzüddîn Mehmed Sâlârî, Melik Seyfüddîn Kujî, Moslem Turkish State of Delhi, Muizziyye, Muizzüddîn Mehmed, Muslim history, Nizam ül-Mülk Jüneydî, Nur Karmatids, poetry, Punjab, Raziyye Hatun, Rüknüddîn Firûz Shah, Shah Türkân, Shahabüddin Mehmed bin Sâm, Shemsiyye, women

A Poet’s World Tour 5: America

October 7, 2014 By Walter William Safar Leave a Comment

Previously: Norway, Nigeria & Russia, Croatia, Mexico & Latin America, and New York. What about the media in America, the citadel of freedom? Do the media light the torch or put it out? Sadly, fact is that some powerful media are increasingly prone to putting it out. Media are owned by corporations that only care for profit […]

Filed Under: Media & Culture Tagged With: America, China, journalism, media, Poet's World Tour, poetry, Ted Turner

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