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Happy New Year 2008, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
This was shot by Daniel the German Sufi scholar at Dhuni of Makhdoom Shah Baba of Mahim..I wish all of you a peaceful 2008
All my latest [...]
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Muslim World of the Poor Man, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Muslims all over the world talk of Islam and there is an evil force of Jehaddis that go on a rampage killing those that [...]
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Jesus Watches, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Jesus watches from a corner in shame
much did he try to raise womanhood
on a pedestal
the lot of the suffering woman
remains the same
woman in a [...]
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Marziya Awestruck, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
A thought that
I am her grandfather
she could not duck
Marziya wonderstruck
a photographer a poet
a genealogy of good luck
a photogenic model
with more than 700
pictures that [...]
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Marziya and Me, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
a trunk and a branch of a tree
held by love of ahle bait firmly
mir anis a part of her ancestry
pride of shamim and
mohomed shakir lakhnavi
her [...]
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Girl Child in Human Bondage, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
born in the womb of a worldly cage
pitfalls at every stage
girl child in human bondage
her destructive destiny
a book and a tattered [...]
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Happy New Year is a State Of Mind, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
for the poor the underpriviliged
the children of a lesser god
its a regular grind
to grab a morsel wherever they find [...]
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Muslim World of the Poor Man, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Muslims all over the world talk of Islam and there is an evil force of Jehaddis that go on a rampage killing those that [...]
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Urus of Makhdoom Shah Baba Mahim, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Every year for last three or four years I was invited by my friend Sakib the Florist to his Sandal that begins at BMC [...]
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MUSLIMS LOVE KILLING MUSLIMS, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
image courtesy
images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2006/09/08/afghan-topper…
Muslims love killing Muslims
Causing pain causing immense harm
Sabotaging the Soul of Islam
Muslims love killing Muslims
The dead the innocent as they embalm
Driving [...]
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Eid e Ghadeer Mubarak, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
image courtesy
www.ziaraat.com/images/ali15.jpg
Event of Ghadir Khumm
The following is a description of the historic event of Ghadir Khumm. Click on the book icons below to see the [...]
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Marziyas Might, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
marziya and asif shakir
daughter and newly born father on a high
like the feet of earth being touched by the forehead of the sky
a fountain showering waters [...]
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Benazir Bhutto Rest in Peace, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Photo Courtesy AP
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated Thursday in a suicide bombing that also killed at least 20 others [...]
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The Sabri Sufi Solitude, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
The Urus celebration of the Sufi Saint Makdoom Shah Baba began on Dec24 .
Normally I never missed this event, walking bare feet from Bandra to Mahim [...]
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Man Child in a Zoo, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
He is a man child cub in a zoo
endangered specie its true
on the verge of extinction
a thought hackneyed but new
with his [...]
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Marziya Mothers Doll, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
marziya mothers doll
proud blue blooded shia
karbala engrained to her soul
very clear
our faith bound
to a drop of tear
a bond with allah
through ahle bait
without [...]
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Under the Wisdom Tree, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
A few days left for the New Year
Man half asleep under the Wisdom Tree
dreams of a better life and a handful of prosperity
he has [...]
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Marziya Shakir, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
All my pictures with Marziya my grand daughter were shot by my wife..
Marziya is a camera friendly child , every expression of hers is unique and worth capturing.
She [...]
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Hide And Seek, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
a loser
with a winning streak
a commonality and yet unique
a womans child
a child woman
so to speak
perforated silence
soundlessly shriek
with her feminine fate
frivolous flippant fastidious
she plays hide and seek
gives birth [...]
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Justice a precondition to Peace and Freedom-Da Vinca, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Outside the gates of St Peters Church Bandra Hill Road the spirit of Xmas prevails -
among the poor of the world when [...]
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Shah Ast Hussain - We Curse Yazid, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Hussain the beloved grandson of the Holy Prophet
with whom Allah the Most Omnipotent was pleased
Hussain the name of Humanity beyond [...]
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Hijdas on Christmas Eve Day, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
Outside the St Peters Chrurch Bandra Hill Road
The Hijdas stand in reverence on Christmas Eve Day
knowing the good parishioners will come out
and pay [...]
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Marziya Flickr PhotographerNo1, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
she cannot walk
she cannot talk
she is a chip
of a block of a block
pictorial poetic stock
wanting to be photographed
round the clock
the new poet on the block
whose poems will [...]
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Marziya our grand child, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
miraculous memories
lyrical joy to share
marziya shakir
our grand daughter
a diamond very rare
camera friendly
poem friendly
monk like head
without any hair
we do make an unusual pair
she is the first child
who [...]
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Dignity in Child Labor, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.
sir take my photo he said with a smile
covering his fateless face
the turner road traffic signal beggar kid
with humility and human grace
its not dreams but cars [...]
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