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میں ہوا ہوں کہاں وطن میرا

[ك @kamillatalkies]

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[zayn @zaynmalik]

First rosay tday , who's fasting ? X

[Muntadhar al-Zaidi @muntazer_zaidi]

Thanks 🙏

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

luigi mangione i was unfamiliar with your game …

[🥨 @marisapk]

I am watching a toddler die on a table in a field hospital in Rafah with half her face blown apart while listening to college students fight tears reporting on a police assault on their campus for protesting that, and I feel like I am losing my fucking mind.

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

“We’re in love with the aesthetics of freedom but not with the work needed in order for us to get free.”

[Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk]

Often I wish I was a woman…then realise I don’t have enough guts, talent,sense of sacrifice, selfless love or beauty to be one. Thk u girls.

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

masters degree kachray main daal do

[Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot]

I have a Masters degree in Middle Eastern politics and conflict studies, and I can't tell you what tf is going on in Israel/Palestine rn, so just be sure to take "experts" with strong opinions with a big ol' pinch of salt

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

A series on the alams I saw in Karbala, on film. This is one of my favorite parts of azadaari.

[maryummerzzz @maryamakhai]

one more pyaar dosti hai tiktok and i’ll end it all

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

What is life after this?

Shaam e Ghareeban in Karbala 🕯️

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

“Verily, I have not created the Sky, the stretched earth, the illuminated moon, the bright sun, the rotating planets, the flowing seas & the sailing ships, but for the love of these Five lying underneath the cloak.” —Hadith e Kisa

Muharram moments in Najaf, shot on Pentax

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

Suno Azaan toh samjoh ke Hussain Zinda hai

Muharram 1445 in Karbala

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

My first ever film photography book, “Sacred Spaces.”

Over the last two years I’ve been photographing my trips to sacred cities, the New York muharram juloos, and places that remind me of God. I finally put them all together with some of my favorite urdu poetry to create this 🥹

[R I D A @freespiritrida]

Medina on film—moments I will remember forever 🕌🤍