We, as in Muslims. What if I were to pick up a tourist couple from Times Square and took them for an iftar?
Read moreSelect Recurring Forever
COVID changed our lives, some for better, some for worse, better? really! millions dead! living in fear! no goodbyes to dying Dad! does it get worse? three years later, we wonder . . .
Read moreIt's Not a Holiday
“Have a good holiday,” my friend Karen said to me. “Thank you, but it’s not a holiday.”
It happens every year at the beginning of Ramadan.
Mock Wedding
Actually, it’s called Mock Shaadi. Shaadi is Urdu for wedding. . . I had heard of mock trials, mock courts, mock whatever, but a mock wedding!
Read moreHow Old Are You?
“How old are you?”
If you ask a Pakistani this question, he or she is likely to stumble. He is not likely to say, “Biological age or official age?”
With the Grace of a Swan
Hattie at Chautauqua
All these years, I have yearned to meet a ballerina. And then it happened.
Read moreAI: Can Cheating Be Defined?
Stephen Hawking is quoted as saying: “The development of full Artificial Intelligence (AI) could spell the end of human race.” The chatter has been dominated by ChatGPT. Are we over-reacting? Can we define ethics or morals?
Read moreIslamophobia or Not?
I was worried.
Worried that the intolerant, woke, and cancel culture elements in the Muslim community will hijack our faith.
Worried that the term ‘Islamophobia’ will get so diluted as to lose its potency.
It’s Story Time
On my 70th birthday last year, our son Saqib gave me a gift. And I just finished putting finishing touches to my next book. Don’t be impressed. It is a book anyone can write, and by that I mean anyone: your spouse, your siblings, your children, your anyone.
Read moreShe Chose to Wear the Hijab
Sahar with her husband Aamir in Central Park
Sahar, how old were you when you started wearing the hijab?
I was 43.
You did not wear the hijab while living in Pakistan. Did your mother wear the hijab?
No, she didn’t.