Archive photos from my 2009 installationListening from Within that I created in honor of my father, Dr. Mohammad Sarwar, who passed away in 2009; the larger production was called...
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31 Aug, 2017
torrential rain on a global level…
31 Aug, 2017
2008: Destruction after Hurricane Ike in our old Houston neighborhood In 2005, when Hurricane Rita hit the Gulf Coast, I wasn’t maintaining a blog. But the day we drove...
Read more25 Jun, 2017
chand raat in little bangladesh…
25 Jun, 2017
My friend’s daughter getting her hand decorated with mehndi/henna on Chand Raat On Chand Raat, I team up with my friend Shaista, and we drive our daughters to Virgil...
Read more22 Jun, 2017
reconnecting circles in a backyard…
22 Jun, 2017
November 2009: Audience members in my Houston backyard at a production I created, Honoring Dissent/Descent, to honor my father Dr. Mohammad Sarwar, and living activist Daniel Bustamante; photo by...
Read more18 Jun, 2017
cricket in pasadena, california…
18 Jun, 2017
Each Saturday, I walk past soccer and baseball fields to reach the nearby farmer’s market. This morning, as I cross the main road and enter the park, I stop...
Read more12 Feb, 2017
the invasion of plastic…
12 Feb, 2017
Today, before heading out to Karachi Literature Festival at the Beach Luxury Hotel, filmmaker Tehmina Ahmed and I carve out time to visit Khajoor Bazaar. Located in old Karachi,...
Read more28 Dec, 2016
learning more every day…
28 Dec, 2016
This week, poet, performance artist and educator Christa Forster, who I met in Houston more than two decades ago and have remained friends with ever since, visited her hometown...
Read more16 Nov, 2016
revisiting “home”…
16 Nov, 2016
Minal and I spend five days in Houston, where she couch-surfs at her friends’ homes, while I find refuge at my friend Jacsun’s house as I prepare for VBB’s...
Read more28 Sep, 2016
minal closes out her twelfth year…
28 Sep, 2016
Last Wednesday, Minal turned twelve. I surprised her at her all-girls after-school choir practice with a chocolate cake and candles. Her choir group sang happy birthday, and her teacher...
Read more20 Sep, 2016
i can’t find goat meat…
20 Sep, 2016
When making the rapid shift to Pasadena, I began a list of the replacements we’d have to uncover. And now that we’re here, the list has grown: Pediatrician General...
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