Dr. Ruqaiya Hasan, Hong Kong, Feb 2015; photo by Lexie Don When our flight lands in Auckland, I turn on my phone to find messages from my sister, who...
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07 May, 2015
essay in gray matters…
07 May, 2015
photograph of my 2009 “Listening from Within” installation dedicated to my father, Dr. Mohammad Sarwar; photo by Eric Hester An excerpt from my longer essay “That Long Monday Afternoon”...
Read more30 Apr, 2015
people don’t talk about the necessity of crossing…
30 Apr, 2015
Karen Martinez, a filmmaker and a recent college graduate, talks about “home” and crossing borders: Houston is my home. I was born in Tula, Hidalgo – Mexico – and...
Read more26 Apr, 2015
an earthquake and student voices…
26 Apr, 2015
Sagar’s apartment ceiling After a sleepless night, I wake up to read a text message by Hemangi, a Westbury High School student who participated in my storytelling workshop: Did...
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 more17 Dec, 2014
18 Oct, 2014
i feel at “home” when I’m relaxed and comfortable…
18 Oct, 2014
I converse with my friend/social worker/fellow-mother Stephanie, as we wait for our children to wrap-up soccer practice. I feel at “home” when I’m relaxed and comfortable, and able to...
Read more15 Oct, 2014
for me, “home” means being around family wherever family is…
15 Oct, 2014
Part of my What Is Home? project includes raising question (with a few more thrown in, thanks to my friends Jaspal and Yaksha) to family members, friends and others...
Read more18 Jul, 2014
beets in boston…
18 Jul, 2014
My sister, Beena Sarwar, has a spate of snack-recipes to share: baked beets, sauteed carrots and baked cauliflowers – to name just a few.
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