Raise your hands if you watched Anita Hill testify at the Senate confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas.
Raise your hands if you did NOT believe her story then.
Raise your hands if you believe her now.
Now a confession. I did watch the hearings; and I didn’t know what to believe.
Does that make me part of the problem?
I Felt Ashamed
T’was the Third Sunday in Advent, and I, a Muslim woman, had been given a place of honor at The Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew in New York City. Every year, the pastor invites me to participate in services, and read passages from the Quran from the chapter of Mary. But this year was different.
Read moreA Hologram For A Visitor
I asked him, ‘How did you pass your time living in the attic for two years?’ The moderator pushed a button on the console and repeated the question...This wasn’t the first time Khalid and I had talked to a holocaust survivor, but this was the first time that he wasn’t there in flesh and blood. We were having a conversation with a hologram.
Read moreNot A Terrorist, Just A Rabbi
The Rabbi was preparing to deliver his sermon for Rosh Hashanah. As he put his things together, leaders from all over the world were congregating only blocks away from his apartment, also getting ready to deliver their speeches at the United Nations. The Rabbi got his things in a bag—his sermon, and the shofar, which he would blow at the synagogue
Read moreI Touched An Untouchable
“Why are you an Untouchable?” I asked Sujatha Gidla, panelist and author at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Petite, deep brown skin, jet-black hair pulled back in a pony tail with a stray curl adorning her sweet face, Sujatha of Indian descent (as in India), shared the panel with Pulitzer Prize winner, Hisham Matar.
Read moreOn This Day - 9/11/01
Once it was, ‘Where were you when you heard that JFK had been shot?’ It is now, ‘Where were you when the towers fell?’ I was in Saudi Arabia.
Read moreDid The Moon Split?
A bitterly divided America came together last week under the darkening sun. As the crowds gathered in parks, on sidewalks, and on rooftops, watching the moon hide the sun, the woes were forgotten. For two brief darkening moments, America was one again.
Read moreThe Deeper Meaning of Hajj - My Son's Reflects on his Journey
"Look – what I really need is a bag of saline solution with a tube and a needle.” From his expression, I could tell that Dr. Fareed knew that it was a hopeless request.
Read moreMy Mother Got Arrested Giving Birth to Pakistan
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Founder of Pakistan
Once upon a time, I was born in a newborn land, far, far away from my home today, in the ‘Land of the Pure’. Pakistan was just 4 years old.
Read moreA 20-Year Sentence '...A Life of Honor'
ISLAMBERG, NY
On June 14, 2017, a Christian Minister, Robert Doggart, was sentenced to 20 years for a plot to burn down a mosque, a school, and a cafeteria in Islamberg, NY. Have you heard of Islamberg?
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