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Dawn over the Shattered Crescent

Posted on June 15, 2025June 15, 2025 by Irshad Akhtar
Dawn over the Shattered Crescent

(Composed in the imagined voice of Muhammad Iqbal) InvocationIn the hush before the muezzin’s breath, a cry ascends—Gaza, a dove whose feathers smoulder in the dark.From minaret to mangled quay her children count the sparksThat fall like wounded constellations into an unlit sea.O Night! you have grown old with grief; 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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