All we need is seventeen
Republicans who were at the scene
To vote to convict and not come back
And protect us all from another attack . . . .
Losing My Mother
A week after I buried my mother, I sat down in my mother’s home in Pakistan, to write to my family and friends at home in the US. That was six year ago today.
Read moreHAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS
In Pakistan, on Christmas my mother would go for Midnight Mass and light a candle. “You are a Muslim! Why did you go to a church for a Christmas service?” a woman asked her. “Because I am a Muslim,” my quick-witted mother retorted . . .
An Arabian Christmas
“It’s Christmas Eve tonight,” my boss said to me, speaking in a gentle, sentimental tone. “We should do something for the nurses on the floors.” I was surprised. Surprised because this was Saudi Arabia where Christmas is a no-no. And my boss was a Saudi man.
In Gratitude to 2020
What a year! Need I list it all: disease, loss of life, racial injustice, a bitter election, a nation torn apart. . . . Yet, there have been moments of gratitude. Gratitude, when New Yorkers stepped out of the warmth of their apartments. . . .
Why I Stayed in the US
“Why didn’t you just leave America and come back to Pakistan? Back in a Muslim environment where it was easier and safer to be a Muslim?” A high school student in Pakistan asked me this question.
Read moreParting with Tradition
What about Thanksgiving? Aren’t we all asking the same question! Well, we have a plan: Thanksgiving by the Sidewalk.
Read moreEnd of an Era
Aurangzeb
The era of my parent’s family has come to an end. It wasn’t the passing of my father, my mother, my aunt, or my grandparents. It was the death of our housekeeper. Aurangzeb was not born into our family, but he was as much as part of our family as any of us.
Read moreWhere Were You When You Heard . . .
I was at my desk, doing who knows what on my computer, when I heard the roar of crowds from the streets below. I hope it’s not a protest.
Read moreBattle for America
As the storm clouds gathered across many lands,
America would be safe from the virus at hand.
Ignoring the warnings, declaring it’s fake,
sitting on the sidelines was the approach to take.