Humanity is a Chorus,
and the earth is ready for a new song.
SHIREEN QUDOSI
Author
alchemizing chaos and confusion into song
I help navigate seismic cultural shifts by alchemizing chaos and confusion into song. I invite us to use our deepest vulnerabilities and wounds as a key to unlock what it means to be human. My work is an invitation to move beyond the splintered identities dwarfing the vastness of human belonging and toward the full breadth of what it means to belong to oneself, how to belong in the world, and how to live in intimate cooperation with a greater chorus of voices.
REVIEW
“A breathtaking journey into the wilderness of Spirit. An eloquently written, powerful story of a woman's courageous journey into the Dark, the intimate realm in Islam where faith is a fluid dance with mystery, where the soul resonates melodiously to the feminine aspect of divinity, and the Dark is beacon of light leading toward the fullest expression of humanity.”
— AMazon Review
Author of
The Song of the Human Heart,
a series that reimagines a "Dark" Islam.
After 22 years of studying religious conflict, I discovered Islam is a seed faith and our task was to bury it in the mythological Dark.
REVIEW
“I recommend The Song of the Human Heart: Dawn of the Dark Feminine in Islam to anyone on a journey or in search of transformational beauty in their religious faith. Shireen shares her own deeply personal and mystical Islamic journey and her glimpse of true transcendent beauty. May you too find what it means for your life to become a prayer. Shireen speaks to something beautiful which has been hidden and lost for far too long.”
— i.P
“compelling.
Heartbreaking and yet
so empowering.”
— Rachael Evans
I work with select organizations and individuals as a speaker and consultant on heart-led storytelling. I also work selectively with individuals and groups seeking to develop the song in their own hearts, whether that’s through co-writing their stories or guiding conversations that navigate the labyrinth of their lives.
“Thank you for a potently inclusive peace. I am always blessed by your masterful explanations of all things complex. Your voice ought to be heard.”
— Professor Kasonde Musoma
ON “CORD-CUTTING FROM THE AYATOLLAH”
“Thank you, Shireen, for this deeper insight. May women (and men) in Iran be free of their chains that perversions of Islam have forged.”
— Dr. Mark Force
ON “CORD-CUTTING FROM THE AYATOLLAH”
“Beautiful take. Thank you, Shireen. The women do have the power to end this. May they have the continued strength and protection as they fight.
— CHANEL RION, JOURANLIST
On “Cord-Cutting from the Ayatollah”
Dr. Henry Musoma, “The Professor of Kindness”
“IN MY NATIVE TONGUE (BEMBA) THEY SAY ‘UMUSHA AFWA NEFYEBO MUKANWA’ MEANING A SLAVE DIES WITH WORDS IN HIS OR HER MOUTH. THERE IS POWER IN ONE WHO SPEAKS AND LIVES IN THEIR TRUTH. THERE IS EVEN MORE POWER IN ONE WHO HELPS OTHERS SPEAK AND LIVE IN THEIR TRUTH. SHIREEN HAS AN EAR WHICH LISTENS AND CALLS DEEPLY. SHE COUNSELS WITH A PATIENT EAR.”
Your support empowers me to create conscious heart-led work.
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A song can be a thread between what is lost and what is trying to be found, often speaking more honestly about the world than the surface layer of reality.
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Music as Initiation: Across time and culture, song has been a marker of initiation acknowledging that a significant threshold has been crossed.
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“The song is the medicine of the birds,” we’re told by Rasu, one of the four members of the Yawanawá. “My father said in the forest we learn from the birds that some birds are soft, some strong, with different calls and different stories. If singing from the heart and believe in what you’re singing — that’s all that matters. In the forest, we are all singing, women, men, children, elders, and leaders. The more people are singing, the more the world can heal.”