Hai dhadkano mai talatum, hai seena labrez phir
yeh ajab si hai haalat, ye shararat kis zulf ki
SHOLA ZARA
Khaak kangan ko aarsi kya
Lehanga wilayti hua ab banarsi kya
WATAN KI MITTI
Sookh gayimere watan ki mitti
Aah Nayak-o-Minhaas, bujh gayi wo ghairat ki bhati
BEING HUMAN
A man died in New Jersey State Prison a few months ago. Rumors were swirling about as soon the ominous[…]
TARIQ MAQBOOL’S INTERVIEW WITH PJP
Tariq MaQbool was one of Prison Journalism Project’s earliest regularly contributing writers, and we look forward to reading each new[…]
THERE ARE 11,073 MUSLIMS IN FEDERAL PRISONS BUT JUST 13 CHAPLAINS TO MINISTER TO THEM
Abdul Muhaymin al-Salim converted to Islam during his incarceration on drug charges at a federal prison in South Carolina from[…]
SEVEN DAYS IN SOLITARY [9/15/21]
• A Time Magazine retrospective reflects on prison conditions 50 years after the Attica Correctional Facility uprising. Heather Ann Thompson, author of the[…]
COUNTING THE SKYLESS DAYS
Accessibility of the Archive In his oral history interview, Tariq MaQbool, an incarcerated writer, said that he is interested in[…]
WHO ARE YOU?
I don’t know what love is
DREAM
I live in the fields of your dream…
