Brooklyn Bedouin

Urban Prayer Spaces

In the search for a morning prayer congregation I found a small storefront masjid in Richmond, VA. I arrived just as prayer time came in and saw lights dimly on and ceiling fans whirling. The space is very modest - one room, a carpet adorned with prayer rugs, it seems to mainly be a dawah center.

I went in, sat, read some Quran and then made the calls to prayer, prayed and then left.



while there this thought came to me:

Hold onto memories of things you are ashamed of as reminders of what not to do and not wistfully as a playful heedless time of fun you would love to go back to. 

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I Have Left Brooklyn Before...

I have left Brooklyn before.

In 1986 there were too many guns and too much crack for young black men to safely navigate. 

In 1999 I left to find the start of a post college professional life

In 2004 I left to discover the Pacific

Now in 2012 I leave to start fresh….

I have left Brooklyn before but this time it is not for me.

It’s for he who eats my iPhone:

 

Conquest 1453 Official Trailer!

Preparing to ride my bike over the Brooklyn Bridge... thank you New York City.

'bout to break out and do it. the road awaits, the chill is in the air, there is no excuse, no reason not to... where is your bike? where are the soles of your feet? why don't you take to the concrete? take to the boardwalk of the great fuggetaboutit bridge?

Walking on the East River? Meet me where there is no longer a boro, just brick, steel, cable, sky, brackish river, and cool air. 

amen. 

Thank You New York City and Whoever This Subway Platform Classical Violinist is....