Shirin Herman, who works with Houston Independent Services’ Refugee Program, talks about her personal journey: At this point in my life, Houston is home; being with my husband at...
Read more07 Nov, 2014
28 Oct, 2014
how to make “home” beneath a freeway…
28 Oct, 2014
I grip my the steering wheel and focus on the ramp that will spill us into the fast lane of Interstate-45. Minal calls out from the back: Did you...
Read more18 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 more29 Sep, 2014
what is home?…
29 Sep, 2014
“When you ask the question ‘what is home?’ are you talking about a physical space or an emotional place?” asks my friend Yaksha. “Those are two different things.” “This...
Read more13 Jul, 2014
window-shopping at the forum…
13 Jul, 2014
The pre-Eid shopping frenzy has already begun in Karachi, and shopping centers remain open after iftari. One night, my mother Zakia Sarwar and I wander over to the Forum,...
Read more08 Jul, 2014
a grant award for my “what is home?” project…
08 Jul, 2014
I learn via email that I’ve been awarded an artist innovations grant through the Mid-America Arts Alliance for my What is Home? project, one that I started during my...
Read more13 Apr, 2014
a panel discussion for the mitchell center…
13 Apr, 2014
As part of my residency with the Mitchell Center for the Arts, I participate at CounterCurrents 2014 in a panel discussion, Challenging the Boundaries: Collaboration Among the Arts, and...
Read more10 Mar, 2014
home-cooked puri…
10 Mar, 2014
I wake up late this Sunday morning, and when I wander into the kitchen, I find that my mother Zakia Sarwar and Minal have kneaded whole-wheat flour to create...
Read more14 Dec, 2013
finding comfort…
14 Dec, 2013
The temperature is freezing cold as I wander through the roundabout near George Washington University in search of Thai food. As I walk on Pennsylvania Avenue, I walk past...
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