Today is a special day. One of the storytelling workshop participants, Sunita, has opened out her Crescent Oaks apartment for a final gathering. This past spring, during the workshop...
Read more02 Apr, 2015
24 Mar, 2015
i think i’ve given up on the idea of one place being home for me…
24 Mar, 2015
photo by Salma Qazi Spending spring break at our family friend Shaista’s home in California’s Bay Area is a welcome break from our hectic Houston schedule. One afternoon, as...
Read more09 Mar, 2015
celebrating international women’s day…
09 Mar, 2015
Today, International Women’s Day, is cold and rainy day. As I adjust to the spring time change, I reflect on the women’s workshops I’ve been offering in Houston’s Gulfton...
Read more16 Feb, 2015
i need to be here right now to get my daughters through their education…
16 Feb, 2015
Sometimes, I get my hair touched up at Ruby’s salon on Harwin Drive, around the corner from Hillcroft. I go to the same place for threading and waxing, and...
Read more14 Feb, 2015
“at home” is where you know people, where you have friends…
14 Feb, 2015
photo by Maha Shahid Based in Boston where my sister Beena Sarwar has been for the last four years, she’s happy to spend a week in Houston and get...
Read more15 Jan, 2015
home is a space where you don’t have to watch out for proper behavior or ways to be…
15 Jan, 2015
As I’ve worked on my What Is Home? project, I’ve recorded many conversations with my mother Zakia Sarwar about her multiple migrations – from North India to Lahore, Pakistan...
Read more12 Jan, 2015
i’d feel more at “home” here if there were more people involved in the arts…
12 Jan, 2015
In a conversation with one of my oldest and dearest friends, “Justin” (name changed for personal reasons), I’m not surprised to hear his words: My deepest feelings of “home”...
Read more02 Jan, 2015
home is a space that I create for myself and not one that’s defined for me …
02 Jan, 2015
Filmmaker Yunuen Perez Vertti drops by my Houston house to eat a meal prepared by my mother. A native of Mexico City, Yunuen lived for a decade in Houston...
Read more16 Dec, 2014
no city feels like home…
16 Dec, 2014
My first afternoon in Delhi is at the IIC – the Indian International Center – at a lunch hosted by Professor Alok Bhalla and organized by writer Noor Zaheer;...
Read more12 Dec, 2014
home is where it’s not always a comfortable path…
12 Dec, 2014
I am introduced to artist Masooma Syed by family friend and artist Salima Hashmi, who knows Masooma through Lahore, where Masooma grew up. Currently based in Delhi and married...
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