They were all refugees, fleeing persecution & violence, or the threat of it. Moses was twice a refugee, baby Jesus was taken from Bethlehem to Egypt, and then to Nazareth, as a displaced person in a village far away from home; and Prophet Muhammad fled for his life and made the Hijra from Mecca to Medina.
Read moreRamadan: A Letter, A Visit & A Gift
Ramadan Daily Good Deeds Calendar
It was the day before Ramadan, when I got an email from a Rabbi. “Ramadan Mubarak….Are you around today? I would love to come and sit with you for a few minutes simply to be together and mourn the painful loss of life in Israel/Palestine.”
Read moreWhen Your Child Wanders
NY Police Academy: Autism Sensitivity Training
You are sitting in your living room when suddenly the front door bursts open and a young man barges into your home—a stranger. How would you react? Scream? Confront him? Pull out a gun? Call the cops?
Read moreAge 8, Autistic, Muslim, and On a No-Fly List of Terrorists
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Read moreHe Is Special
Its Easter Sunday, and we are babysitting.
My phone beeps.
“Just arrived in Rome. How are things?” A text from our son Saqib.
American Muslim Identity
As my children entered their teens, I noticed that they and their friends were expressing Islam in a manner that was quite different from their parents. A rather sensible version.
Read more3 PROMPTS: What To Write In 10 Minutes
“They had planned their Valentines Day dinner for weeks. It was their first anniversary. She waited at the restaurant. One hour in, still no sight of him.”
Read moreBells & Whistles
Daddy and I
Are we like our parents in our behavior today? My mother was a neat freak. My father was a military man.
Put the two together and you can figure out the rest.
UN-OPPRESSED
Are Pakistani women oppressed?
Yes? No?
Maybe some? Maybe most?
Today is International Women’s Day, and I am celebrating. Whom do I celebrate? Gloria Steinem, Meryl Streep, Malala Yusufzai…ahaaa! I will start with the land of my birth—Pakistan.
Can Sexual Harrassment Be Nipped Before It Buds?
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?