Loka’, Silent Blues of the Ocean: A note from a sister

In an evening, my brother Acoh requested me to write a review of his band’s new album. I politely refused because the only music that I listen to right now is Johnny-Johnny Yes Papa and your usual grocery store playlist (because I am working at one). To redeem my guilty feeling to my brother, I contacted some …

Learning from an American drawn to Indonesian Islam

“Before I turned to Islam, I was living in a life of suicide.” This what my friend, James (not his real name), said when I asked him about how important Islam was to him. I have been living in the United States, near Chicago in Illinois since 2014. I work in the grocery store while …