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
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 more01 Sep, 2014
reflections on ferguson and gaza…
01 Sep, 2014
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...
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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