{"product_id":"and-your-lord-inspired-the-bee-by-laura-russell","title":"And your Lord inspired the Bee by Laura Russell","description":"\u003cp\u003eBook One of my \u003cem\u003eShow \u0026amp; Tell Chapbook Series\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e was created for the \u003ci\u003eShadow and Light \u003c\/i\u003ephotography project curated by Beau Beausoleil, a project of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here Coalition. This book honors Karem Mohsen, PhD lecturer at the Department of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Basra University, Iraq. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBeau told me that Dr. Mohsen was killed on 10 April 2006. He worked in the field of honeybee production. Lecturers and students called for a demonstration to protest his assassination. [Source: al-Basrah, April 11, 2006]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn my research I ran across the following “hadith” or record of the traditions or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Hadiths are revered as a major source of religious law and moral guidance, second only to the authority of the Quran.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd your Lord inspired the Bee, build your dwellings in hills, on trees, and in (human’s) habitations. Then eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord, made easy (for you).’ There comes forth from their bellies a drink of varying colour wherein is a healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think. [Al-Quran 16:68-69]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis text made me reflect on the interconnected nature of insects, animals, plants and people and how we are all one, dependent on each—just as the Lord designed. How then could this Dr. Mohsen, who I imagined tending his beehives in solitude and prayer, be assassinated this work, his life’s passion? How could such work studying nature’s precious creatures be an offense? How much might we have learned from his continued research? When I think about the anguish his students must have felt I can only hope that their pain fueled their own passion to carry on with his research and to continue to be “a sign for people who think.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original poem I wrote to accompany the photograph reads:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd your Lord inspired the Bee.\u003cbr\u003eSo says the Quran,\u003cbr\u003e\u2028a hadith by the Prophet Mohammed.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThere comes forth from their bellies\u2028\u003cbr\u003ea drink- of varying colour\u2028\u003cbr\u003ewherein is a healing for men.\u2028\u003cbr\u003eVerily, in this is indeed\u003cbr\u003e\u2028a sign for people who think.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBees are venerated in this hadith. \u003cbr\u003eDiligence, sacrifice, knowledge, \u003cbr\u003ean example for humankind, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethe importance of collective.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eInsects, animals, plants, people, \u003cbr\u003eat once, related, dependent, endangered, \u003cbr\u003ecreatures of the Quran, \u003cbr\u003ecreatures of God.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKarem Mohsen, PhD, Basra, Iraq, \u003cbr\u003eprofessor of the honeybee. \u003cbr\u003eAlways, always in the service of bees \u003cbr\u003etending his hives in solitude, in prayer. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor this, targeted, assassinated\u003cbr\u003e\u202810 April 2006. \u003cbr\u003eFellow lecturers and students rise up, \u003cbr\u003edemonstrate, protest, honor. Anguish.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgain and again, academics, erased, \u003cbr\u003eintimidated for lighting\u003cbr\u003e\u2028the interconnected nature of life itself, \u003cbr\u003eof knowledge and truth,\u003cbr\u003e\u2028of shadow and light.\u003cbr\u003e\u2028A sign for people who think.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"23 Sandy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67218738577581,"sku":"lwu1791957796361","price":30.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/5804\/0237\/files\/and-your-lord-inspired-the-bee-by-laura-russell_1.jpg?v=1791957802","url":"https:\/\/mindfulwardrobe.shop\/products\/and-your-lord-inspired-the-bee-by-laura-russell","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}