I was talking with my sister Sabah Farooq about our Uncle Professor Dr. Abdul Raouf’s death exactly a week ago- I was extremely close to…
The message behind the words is the voice of the heart - Rumi
The message behind the words is the voice of the heart - Rumi
I was talking with my sister Sabah Farooq about our Uncle Professor Dr. Abdul Raouf’s death exactly a week ago- I was extremely close to…
Farewell Chachajan – Dr. Abdul Raouf August 15, 1929 – March 26, 2018 By Mino Farooq Akhtar (oldest niece of Dr. A. Raouf) On Monday…
Many years ago, my husband’s friend and Sufi Sheikh Imam Feisal Rauf introduced me to Sufi zikr (rememberance of our Creator) and other practices from…
Last night we had our first meeting in 2018 of the Bergen County Women’s Interfaith Initiative at my house. We are a group of Jewish,…
Sitting in our living room with friends last night, we welcomed the New Year of 2018 by reflecting all that was good in our own…
A few months ago, I Skyped with my friend Sue Devenish-Meares from Australia- who thankfully went back to her home country Australia right before the…
Last Thursday, October 25, my husband and I traveled to Washington DC to attend the WISE Summit at the Carnegie Institution for Science. The objective…
My son’s parents-in-law, Javaid and Fauzia Syed, invited us to join them at the NYPD Muslim Officers Society’s Ninth Annual Scholarship Dinner. It is one…
For me, leadership has been always been “self-leadership”, i.e. challenging myself to achieve more than the norm. Leadership has also been in the form of…
This Ramadan, my husband and I made an intention to become First Friends volunteers. First Friends organizes volunteer visits to immigration detainees held in jails…