America: Where No One Shall Make Us Afraid

04.23.2023 __As Ramadan was coming to a close this week I found myself thinking of people who have touched my Continue reading →

1444 Hijri: A Ramadan Letter to My Friends

03.19.2023 Ramadan begins this week. At sunset on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 – the month of Ramadan in the Islamic Continue reading →

Salman Rushdie: We Are Made Up of Bits and Fragments

08.21.2022 __I am ready to resume reading in public again.  Banned Books Week in America, promoted by the American Library Continue reading →

America Has a Lot of Work to Do

07.10.2022 __America has a lot of work to do. We’re having a hard time facing our history, resisting nativist impulses, Continue reading →

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 →

Holy Week: My Poached Eggs are Egyptian

04.17.2022 __ While most of the Arab world uses the Arabic word for bread, khibz, in Egypt the word for Continue reading →

Ink Flows Most Freely in Pursuit of Truth

12.05.2021 __“Read in the name of thy Sustainer, who has created created man out of a germ-cell. Read – for 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 →