Quarantine Notes: Aphorisms on Morality and Mortality
"Yahia Lababidi's work is characterized by a contemplative tone in line with Rumi, whom he often quotes. Lababidi is a Muslim voice for peace, celebrating the wisdom in ancient traditions and pointing out the ridiculous in the rush and cynicism of contemporary life. Drawn to the mystic tradition, he often refers to the virtues and fruits of silence, and writes that his aphorisms 'respect the wisdom of silence by disturbing it, briefly.' Perhaps an age as thoughtless and noisy as our own requires a whole book full of them."
-Plough magazine
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Yahia Lababidi, an Egyptian author of 11 collections of poetry and prose, has been called “our greatest living aphorist”. His aphorisms and poems have gone viral, are used in classrooms, religious services, and feature at international film festivals.
Lababidi has also contributed to news, literary and cultural institutions throughout the USA, Europe and the Middle East, such as: Oxford University, Pearson, PBS NewsHour, NPR, HBO, ABC Radio as well as beIN Sports.
His latest work includes Quarantine Notes (Fomite, 2023) political, cultural and spiritual meditations composed during our global pandemic, as well as Learning to Pray (Kelsay Books, 2021) a collection of his prayer poems and aphorisms.
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