Let There Be None to Make Us Afraid

05.01.2022 __ This past week, as the final days of Ramadan approached, I chose not to devote energy (and perhaps Continue reading →

9/11: A Personal Reflection, in Pain and Hope 

09.12.2021 ________________________________________ “How was your flight?” “Great. I flew from Amman to Newark where I went through customs, then caught Continue reading →

Jamal Al-din Al-Afghani: The Loser Loses, the Winner Wins

09.05.2021 ________________________________________ In August of 2019 Congresswoman Liz Cheney of Wyoming – daughter of VP Dick Cheney, one of the Continue reading →

Afghanistan: Laments and Lessons Along the Fabled Silk Road

08.22.2021 ________________________________________ For decades I have displayed on my bookshelves a stylized head of Buddha and fragment of a stone Continue reading →

Post 9/11: Today, I Stand With the Promise of America

09.15.2019 ________________________________________ On 9/11 I was transformed. Until that date I had quietly, and comfortably, lived as an American – Continue reading →

Here’s the Truth: Moving From Slavery Toward Freedom

04.14.2019 On Palm Sunday, humbly seated astride a donkey, Jesus entered Jerusalem along a path of palm fronds laid before Continue reading →

Tamer’s ‘Rihla’: Journey of Enlightenment and Love

06.10.2018 ________________________________________ “How was your flight?” “Great. I flew from Amman to Newark where I went through customs, then caught Continue reading →

The Triumph of Osama bin Laden’s Will

02.05.2017 ________________________________________ It took 16 years, five months, three presidents, thousands of lives and trillions of dollars to get to Continue reading →