Along with many other tourists and locals, who are just as curious as we are, we spend the second part of our afternoon walking through patches of rain to...
Read more09 Jun, 2012
08 Jun, 2012
the pacific coastline
08 Jun, 2012
Today, while the rest of my new friends drive away from Silver Falls State Park in a coach that will deposit them at Portland’s airport, I get picked up...
Read more07 Jun, 2012
the retreat…
07 Jun, 2012
When my friend Sabina Haque tells me to bring a jacket to Oregon, she’s not joking. In Houston the temperatures were scraping the high nineties as I fly out,...
Read more03 Jun, 2012
changes in the flying experience …
03 Jun, 2012
The flying experience has changed since my childhood years when I, along with my family, boarded airplanes from Karachi to Lahore. Now the lines are long and the “security”...
Read more14 May, 2012
women under siege
14 May, 2012
For me, Spring 2012 has been about Women Under Siege, a Voices Breaking Boundaries production, which I’ve been working on since December 2011. We had an intense Part 1...
Read more21 Mar, 2012
exploring the neighborhood…
21 Mar, 2012
We’ve been driving by the gates of Villa de Mittal for more than five years and I’ve often wanted to explore the greenery beyond. After meeting Sister Paulette at...
Read more09 Mar, 2012
stuck in traffic…
09 Mar, 2012
On our way home from Minal’s school, we find ourselves in an obstacle course. All roads leading east are blocked off. President Obama is landing in Fort Ellington and...
Read more28 Jan, 2012
op-ed in the houston chronicle
28 Jan, 2012
On January 27, 2012 my op-ed Observing social change, in Houston and Karachi appeared in the Houston Chronicle.
Read more17 Jan, 2012
why aren’t there any women?
17 Jan, 2012
“Why aren’t there any women leaders being remembered today?” Minal asks. She’s happy that she knows more about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but is also curious about pieces...
Read more15 Jan, 2012
a room of one’s own…
15 Jan, 2012
Collaboration can be fabulous but working alone is often under-rated. Susan Cain’s op-ed in Sunday’s New York Times reminds us of how creativity is connected to solitude.
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