<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff2%2F02%2F18f464794e2cb360ab34a6327620%2Fsnl-thumb-1.jpg' alt='Mustafa in a quiet moment from the video for "SNL," a single from his album <em>Dunya</em>.'/><p>On the aching <em>Dunya</em>, the artist stands at an east-west crossroads, trying to resolve a young striver's years of trauma with a folklorist's drive to preserve what's left.</p><p>(Image credit: Courtesy of the artist)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-26454' /><br /><br /> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/10/08/g-s1-26454/mustafa-dunya-poet-toronto-review" target="_blank" style="font-style: italic">* This article was originally published here</a>