Faust is a traveling poet based in New York City who documents what the city tries to bury — the prayer in the halal cart line, the faith in a three-dollar decision, the divine hiding in plain sight on the Q40. Raw storytelling out of New York, grounded in his Muslim faith. This is not poetry for the comfortable.

He's carried the work around the world — from Senegal and Saudi Arabia to Dublin, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Paris, and Barcelona. New York roots, but the words travel. Published in Blue Minaret and The Scene Life, and writing toward the 99 Names one witnessed moment at a time.

Catch Faust live at Poetry Me, Please: Open Letters on August 22nd at SOB's, New York City — premiering a new piece, an open letter to himself.

2026 — Arc Poem of the Year, "Between Stops"

Arc 110 — published, summer issue

2026

Wins Arc Poetry Magazine's Poem of the Year (POTY) for "Between Stops." Published in the summer issue (Arc 110).
Featured reading at Poetry Me, Please: Open Letters, SOB's, NYC, August 22nd.

February 21, 2026

"For Malcolm: Etheridge Knight," written at the Plumbum x BXWriters workshop facilitated by Sol Emiliano.

January 2026

Published in The Scene Life (the sold-out edition).

October 2025

Published in Blue Minaret.

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