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And You Still Sleep?

Posted on March 22, 2025March 22, 2025 by Irshad Akhtar
And You Still Sleep?

–A Lamentation and a Light Do you still sleep while Gaza dies,Beneath unyielding, weeping skies?While orphans dig with bloodied hands,And hope lies crushed in shattered lands? While Syria mourns what time forgot,And Yemen feeds on crumbs of rot?The Qur’an weeps in Xinjiang’s night,Where truth is caged and veiled from sight. Continue Reading

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Irshad Akhtar is an Investment banker turned renewables entrepreneur.
He is also the Managing Partner of an ESG fund. A British Muslim of Indian origin who is proud of all three identities.
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