Yesterday, I took blank paper and charcoal and zero instructions for my storytelling workshop participants The situation changes from one hour to the next, and the conversations that I...
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22 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 more04 May, 2017
borderlines book launch…
04 May, 2017
photo by Jimmy Castillo I spend a fleeting two days in Houston to kick off Voices Breaking Boundaries’ latest publication, Borderlines Volume Three. The publication, co-edited by Margot Backus...
Read more27 Apr, 2017
finding refuge in a garden…
27 Apr, 2017
foliage at the The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens’ front entrance This week, I camped out at Huntington Garden’s café to complete a short story. To...
Read more28 Feb, 2017
the movement, a mural and a tent…
28 Feb, 2017
a mural in front of Los Angeles’ Greyhound Station Almost a week has passed since the last round of protesters at Standing Rock were pushed out or arrested. The...
Read more19 Feb, 2017
all in a day…
19 Feb, 2017
“That’s Andy Warhol’s Rolls Royce,” says a man at the entrance, pointing to the burgundy 1974 Rolls Royce with a New York license plate reading “WARHOL” that greets visitors...
Read more10 Feb, 2017
home again…
10 Feb, 2017
Even though my time in Karachi is brief, I’m able to carve out time to accept Asif Farrukhi’s long-standing invitation to visit Habib University, a liberal arts school that...
Read more03 Feb, 2017
VBB’s upcoming publication…
03 Feb, 2017
Borderlines Volume Two; image by Veer Munshi, cover design by Angela Martinez Now more than ever it’s important to push past rising walls. In about a month, Voices Breaking...
Read more26 Oct, 2016
memory: a hatchback transformed…
26 Oct, 2016
I step out to our street today and freeze at the sidewalk. In front of me rests a red Honda Civic Hatchback, identical to the first new car I...
Read more19 Aug, 2016
viva la causa…
19 Aug, 2016
While visiting a local bank, I catch sight of a wall filled with drawings by children. Each poster is a reminder of history; this one is a remembrance of...
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