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Only Allah Knows Best Who She is
I discarded all but one story of romance that has ever been written In Words that cannot be prescribed even with the ink as vast as the ocean In the Lauh Mahfuz where everything in existence has been written I believe with all my faith that I have loved you since the start of creation – […]
Why I Choose Islam + some changes of stance and clarifications
Introduction This post is not intended to preach Islam or anything, or to claim or presume that any other choice is invalid. Neither is it intended to say that everyone’s choice is correct either, a some postmodernists would say. This article is indeed argumentative in nature, but is not intended to argue against anything (although […]
Malaikat Setengah Gila di Edinburgh Central Mosque
Teman-teman sekalian, Dalam blog post kali ini, aku akan membagi sebuah pengalaman yang kudapatkan di Edinburgh Central Mosque. Semoga dengan aku berbagi seperti ini, teman-teman terutama yang muslim, dapat mengambil makna yang baik, inshaaAllah. Aku mungkin pernah cerita betapa menginspirasinya seorang pria di depanku saat shalat tarawih dekat rumah di Jakarta dulu. Dia cacat, […]
LPDP : A Coincidence and A Hope for This Country
Excellent. That is one word that can describe LPDP. This post will elaborate three things: A Series of Fortunate Events and LPDP (How I met LPDP), Lembaga Pengelola Dana Pendidikan (about this institution), and Social Enterpreneurship (one of the materials that was delivered yesterday). I will explain them in a descriptive-argumentative way, as that is […]
Aku Ingin (Oleh Sapardi Djoko Damono) : Renungan Makna Cinta Sederhana
Seorang murid saya menuliskan sebuah status di Facebook: duhai aku, tau kah kamu bahwa mutiara muncul dari kerang yg dilukai #think (again) 🙂 Saya tersentuh oleh status itu, dan langsung men-share-nya dengan tambahan: …hanya untuk diambil orang. Tapi si Kerang tidak keberatan, dan malah berkata: “Take it. Its all yours.” Ternyata bukan cuma mutiaranya diambil. Dagingnya […]