“We’re moving beyond identity toward faith in the promise of humanity. That’s the Future — a future beyond splintered identities dwarfing the vastness of Human Belonging.”
— SHIREEN QUDOSI
I’m devoted to mapping figurative landscapes and inviting others to go into unknown places — not as a tourist, but through the intimacy of wonder.
I’m a daughter of refugees across three continents, a mother to a son with Autism, and an explorer in the wilderness of the heart. I believe that the mystery of being is often nested within the composite of our entire life experience. We can find the sacred in the mundane nestled like a jewel in the rock — we just have to dig a little first.
HELLO,
“The world we live in is growing more complex with newer challenges. These times are an invitation for us to step into our gifts. To do that, we need to remember the song of our hearts and the stories that are our own. My gift is in alchemizing chaos and confusion into song. I inspire others to believe it is possible to go within and below the surface layer of their identity to find the mystery, a wonderful complex constellation that is beautiful and uniquely their own.”
What People Are Saying
“Powerful words that bring internal peace for many”
— John Murphy, Artistic Director at The Cabiri
“Everything you write sends a wave of positivity through time and space.”
— JIM DI Peso, policy director for Republicans for Environmental Protection
“For every resonant word, thank you.”
— Michael Steward, Reader
Philosophy
We’re moving beyond faith in an ideology, and toward faith in the promise of humanity. That’s the future.
A future beyond splintered identities dwarfing the vastness of human belonging.
VALUES
FROM TOLERANCE TO INTIMACY:
Cultivating a deep familiarity that dissolves separation and delves into an understanding of the human experiment.
WHere You Can Find Me
SUBSTACK — Into the Rabbit Hole is my Substack where I look at the space between things or within "the Dark” to map a new understanding of the human experience.
PODCAST — On Human Belonging is a podcast based on my book series The Song of the Human Heart that searches for the songs that make up our vibrational reality.
BOOKS — The first book in a series, The Song of the Human Heart: Dawn of the Dark Feminine in Islam, offers a parallel reality of the world’s second-largest religion.
FOCUS
FAITH — Faith is an orientation toward a greater Awareness. The faith-full anchor timelines. They honor what was, walk through the waters of what is, and wildly and passionately spin the imaginative wheel of what still can be.
IDENTITY — Identity is a spell that can birth or destroy. Distorted identity gridlocks humanity into nesting dolls, each separating the wholeness, or the holi-ness, of our being into a finite expression of lingual enslavement that can never represent that symphony of the human soul.
BELONGING — Belonging is the sanctuary of the soul. It is the cavity of silence free from the distortions of influence. Belonging is humanity’s homecoming, the godhead of faith and the signature of identity.
MEmoir Excerpt
Becoming an Alchemist.
When I first ventured into telling my own story, I started with short essay that mapped the first half of my life to the point where I decided to step into the rabbit hole of faith. To this day, it is the most widely read piece of writing I’ve written.
