The Muslims Are Not Coming! They are the only ones not rushing to the stores to stock up on toilet paper—perhaps just a couple of rolls. May I introduce you to the alternative: the Lota.
Read moreA Billion Six in Prayer
Walking the streets of New York City at noon, one is likely to come across a road-side vendor taking a break from handing a bag of lettuce and tomatoes to a customer, and standing on a piece of cardboard—a flattened out carton—with his arms folded, head bent in prayer.
Read moreAm I Infected?
Watch what I did yesterday and tell me if I should get tested. “Khalid, I am stepping out to get some milk and tomatoes,” I told my husband. “I will come with you,” he said. I took all the precautions public health officials are telling us to use.
Read moreShould China Apologize?
Yesterday my husband and I had our first drawn-out argument. We seldom argue. I’d say we rarely argue. When we do, it’s about stuff like: does this bowl go in the top or bottom shelf of the dishwasher? One of us generously yields; discussion over. Not this time.
Read moreWoman Proposes; God Disposes
Today I would have been in Pakistan, sitting in the lawn on a sunny afternoon, savoring a cup of Kashmiri Chai with my sister Neena, and bouncing my two-year old grandnephew on my arthritic knee. But it didn’t happen.
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