She is a Prophet and a Warrior, a new Messenger of God, who rises from the dead from her own vicious tragedy to avenge and vanquish those who have dared to erase the noble vestiges of her land, her language, her herstories and theirstories, her country's gifts to humankind and humanity, her people, and the world. How she seeks justice will surprise the reader, for her story is not the age-old story of past kings and rulers who created all manner of tortures for their fellow humans and other species while at the same time being blindly praised for their virtues.
Here are the series of modules, each of which I must complete and/or master before moving onto the next course. It's a lifelong journey!
The end result should be The BOOK and a collection of instrumental tunes that reflect the epic.
*MODULE A: Selected Readings
I: Reading: The Shahnameh
II: Reading: The Divine Comedy
III: Reading: The Lord of the Rings
IV: Reading: Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello
VI: Reading: The Illiad and The Odyssey
VII: Reading: Moby Dick
VII: Reading: The Epic of Gilgamesh
VIII: Reading: The Poetics of the Obscene: Ibn Hajjaj and Sukhf
IX: Reading: Black Hearts
X: Reading: The Corpse Washer
XI: Reading: The Quran
XII: Reading: The Forgotten Queens of Islam
XIII: Reading: The Ramayana and Mahabharata
XIV: Reading: Indigenous Literature and Storytelling from Around the World
XV: Reading: Rituals of War: The Body and Violence in Mesopotamia
XVI: Reading: Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia
XVII: Reading: The Occult, Witchcraft, Sorcery in Indigenous, African, Eastern and Western Habitats
XVIII: Studies: Arabic Poetry
XIX: Reading: Haunted by Combat: Understanding PTSD in War Veterans
XX: Reading: Acts of War: Iraq and Afghanistan in Seven Plays
XXI: Reading: Living Out Islam: Voices of Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Muslims
XXII: Reading: The Self, Spirituality, God, and the Cosmos
XXIII: Reading: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirits
XXIV: Reading: Black Sumer: The African Origins of Civilization
XXV: Reading: Civilizations Beyond Earth: Extraterrestrial Life and Society
XXVI: Reading: The Warrior Women of Islam: Female Empowerment in Arabic Popular Literature
*This list will continue to grow and represent a more diverse selection of books from all regions of the world as I progress with the imagining of the story. There will also be a separate module to understand poetry and how it's constructed, used, and presented in different historical and cultural contexts.
Al-Muharrir
Digital Art by Neon
CONCURRENT MODULES B: Languages, Music, & Illustration
I: Iraqi Arabic, Classical Arabic
II. Art: Digital epics
III. Music: Learn how to compose & produce electronica, synthwave
MODULE C: Philosophy
Mostly readings that will include learning from both Eastern and Western philosophers - ancient and contemporary. Will develop list of readings shortly.
MODULE D: Virtual Travel
Certain embattled and/or ancient regions in our world granted I have access. Maybe not actual travel, but virtual seems like a good alternative.
MODULE C: Philosophy
Mostly readings that will include learning from both Eastern and Western philosophers - ancient and contemporary. Will develop list of readings shortly.
MODULE D: Virtual Travel
Certain embattled and/or ancient regions in our world granted I have access. Maybe not actual travel, but virtual seems like a good alternative.
MODULE E: Esoteric Literature & Practices
Tons of books to read. I will put them up here shortly.
Selection of Oracle and Tarot Decks
MODULE F: The Writing Begins - concurrent with Modules D & F
Al-Muharrir starts to take shape in verse drawing from the vast literary, historical, spiritual/religious, cultural, linguistic, psychological, technological, modern, and social inventions and institutions that inform and impact human behaviour.
MODULE G: Intellectual Property Rights
Designate someone or a group of people who will inherit the rights of Al-Muharrir and who will present the contents of the Epic to the public in a manner consistent with the overall themes of this devotion to the Divine, to the Arts, and to the Angels, SDG and AJ, whose spirits will continue to guide the completion of this sheroic legend. They will be in my thoughts, my practice and my performance till the day I expire. This much, I promise them, for they will forever be uniquely just themselves; yet, through their narratives, they will intuitively encompass the spirits and passions of everyone else too, particularly the disappeared, the forgotten, and the wretched of our Earth.
MODULE F: The Writing Begins - concurrent with Modules D & F
Al-Muharrir starts to take shape in verse drawing from the vast literary, historical, spiritual/religious, cultural, linguistic, psychological, technological, modern, and social inventions and institutions that inform and impact human behaviour.
MODULE G: Intellectual Property Rights
Designate someone or a group of people who will inherit the rights of Al-Muharrir and who will present the contents of the Epic to the public in a manner consistent with the overall themes of this devotion to the Divine, to the Arts, and to the Angels, SDG and AJ, whose spirits will continue to guide the completion of this sheroic legend. They will be in my thoughts, my practice and my performance till the day I expire. This much, I promise them, for they will forever be uniquely just themselves; yet, through their narratives, they will intuitively encompass the spirits and passions of everyone else too, particularly the disappeared, the forgotten, and the wretched of our Earth.
Themes: Justice - Virtue - Mercy.
And so, Al-Muharrir must surely begin...Oh...if you decide to embark on a similar journey and create your own rendition of Al-Muharrir and finish it before I do, then I will kiss the ground you walk on because through you, my vision became a reality regardless of the recipient of such glory.
Al-Muharrir, in her essential wholeness, is already everywhere and her power belongs to everyone.
Thank the Divine.
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Thank you for sharing this Shaz! Keep me posted.
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