In her August 28, 2014 essay “On growing up in Ferguson and Palestine” published in the Washington Post, poet Naomi Shihab Nye writes: In Ferguson, an invisible line separated...
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02 Aug, 2014
a different narrative…
02 Aug, 2014
I know that I’ve landed in the US when I absorb mainstream news and find barely any mention of the 1,500 women, children and men killed in Gaza.
Read more29 Jul, 2014
streets of toronto…
29 Jul, 2014
After visiting with Sharlene Bamboat at the South Asian Visual Arts Center (SAVAC),a 20-year-old arts organization, I wander down the streets of downtown Toronto with my friend Salma. Next...
Read more25 Jul, 2014
landing on water…
25 Jul, 2014
Minal and I press close to the airplane window as we watch the airplane drop closer toward Lake Ontario’s blue water. In the background is Toronto’s skyline. At customs,...
Read more07 Jul, 2013
landing in istanbul…
07 Jul, 2013
photo from Kulindag website Leaping at the opportunity to skip the Middle East altogether, I book Minal and myself on Turkish Airlines to Karachi since the airline has started...
Read more31 Jan, 2011
think global / act local
31 Jan, 2011
My Op-Ed appeared in the Houston Chronicle; the title I submitted – “think global / act local” – is a little different from the version that ran in print:...
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