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Umar, Abu Nurain Fractalious Blues ping Umar, You are not connected to Umar, Abu Nurain The Basics Location: The Great Expanse Hometown: Detroit, MI Gender: male Birthday: December 9 Children: I have children (Adult children) Profile updated: Aug 08, 2009 Last signed in: Nov 05, 2009 Member since: Feb 25, 2007 Friends view all » Dan H. Faith H. Jim Ross Liz [site-raven] Mustafa Demiri lena k. flit . Richard P. Atticus *. Groups view all » Random Musings !!! Random Posts !!! Post It Pretty Inviting-Points The Posting Station The Reader's Lounge Gather Writing Essential point me in the right direction Good Point Umar, Abu Nurain's Popular Tags writing (95) poetry (80) writing essentials (77) poem (75) poetry versus prose (73) muse (61) all (48) people (47) nature (32) black (29) inspiration (28) spirituality (26) african american (25) death (24) arts (23) death and dying (22) family (21) politics (18) adults (17) racism (17)

Umar, of the voracious apetite About Me People say I'm: brusque, intellectually complex but honest, afflicted with a wicked sense of humor Describe Yourself: Cyclist, retired sailor, and a voracious reader. An amateur calligraphist, a published poet, a sports enthusiast (soccer to you Yanks but football to the rest). A member, United Warrior Band of the Seminole Nation. On Gather, I'm Looking For ...: good conversation; well written poetry Interests I'm curious about: too many things to list. Favorite Music, Artists, Genres: Blues, Jazz, Hip Hop, R & B, World, Folk Favorite Books, Writers, Genres: Beloved; Memory of Fire; The Origin of Consciousness; The Golden Bough; Freedom on the Border; The Captain's Verses; The Masters & the Slaves; Faust;, Morrison; Galeano; Jaynes; Frazier;Mulroy; Neruda; Borges; Shakespeare; Goethe Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres: Apocalypse Now; Good Fellas; Gandhi; Y tu Mama Tambien(?); The Battle of Algiers Favorite TV Shows, Actors: Sports; Documentaries Interests and Activities: Poetry; Philosophy: Politics; Spiritualism; Mythology; Islam, Cycling; Sailing; Linguistics Wish List: I don't know about wishing, seems too weak an emotion to sustain much of anything. We may wish for the things we don't want to work for. Affiliations Political Affiliation: None Religious Affiliation: Culturally Muslim Colleges: Michigan State University; Wayne State University; University of Michigan; Temple University Major: Urban Sociology; Arabic; Islamic Law High Schools: Detroit Central Other Affiliations: My parents, Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Alpha Psi Ping Me You cannot post a blank ping. You're all pinged out (too much of a good thing is a bad thing). close Displaying 10 of 14 Pings | View all » Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom', Sep 11, 2009, 11:23AM EDT Stopping by to say hello Umar! view Bhawana's profile | Ping Bhawana Kamran Qureshi, Aug 23, 2009, 6:50AM EDT Ramadan Mubarak, Umar!!! view Kamran's profile | Ping Kamran Mustafa Demiri, Aug 23, 2009, 12:11AM EDT Hi, Umar. I am just stopping by to wish you and yours a safe and happy Ramadan, stay well, my friend. view Mustafa's profile | Ping Mustafa Atticus *., Aug 18, 2009, 8:52PM EDT Hi Umar! I'm glad you did stop by! It is always nice to hear from you my friend. I've been scarce for a little while, burdened by vacation and real world duties. But I'm ready to jump back in the gather pool. view Atticus's profile | Ping Atticus rania gm, Aug 18, 2009, 12:56PM EDT Salamou alaikom, normaly you can acces to the video but this is the link http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2669697/the_miraculous_gold_number/ view rania's profile | Ping rania Atticus *., Jul 9, 2009, 9:02AM EDT Hey Umar, you big Kabbaaz, you. - Just wanted to say howdy. view Atticus's profile | Ping Atticus Rima S., May 2, 2009, 1:10PM EDT Salam brother Umar.. hope u r doing alright :) view Rima's profile | Ping Rima Kamran Qureshi, Apr 8, 2009, 12:53PM EDT Mentor! Thanks for the note. What's the meaning of Khabbaz by the way? view Kamran's profile | Ping Kamran Barbary Chaapel, Apr 7, 2009, 8:58PM EDT A very Happy Green and Yellow Springtime to you, my Friend. view Barbary's profile | Ping Barbary Kamran Qureshi, Apr 6, 2009, 3:46PM EDT Hello, old friend! How have you been? Any more published works out yet? view Kamran's profile | Ping Kamran view all Pings » top