Yesterday’s sohbet (dialogue) at Jerrahi Mosque was about silence. I was listening with full attention, as this is a hard lesson for me, and one…
The message behind the words is the voice of the heart - Rumi
Yesterday’s sohbet (dialogue) at Jerrahi Mosque was about silence. I was listening with full attention, as this is a hard lesson for me, and one…
An incident with friends recently got me unstuck again- I had not been blogging for a few weeks, and I was grateful for the unintentional…
This Mother’s Day I wanted to honor my mother-in-law, Shams Un Nehar Begum or Ammajan as she was called by all, so that my children…
Yesterday, I joined my daughter Mona at her new place in Tribeca to host a book reading event organized by Mamak Shahbazi, an amazing Iranian…
As we enter the last week of Ramadan, those who have kept all the fasts look really weak, their voice has changed, they move slowly…
The month of Ramadan is flying by fast as we approach the last ten holiest days. Personally, I had to skip quite a few due…
I remember in the 90’s the American Muslim Alliance NJ Chapter was invited to meet the relatively new politician Imran Khan at the Waldorf Astoria…
Recently I was at a dinner for a pre-Ramadan food and music fest. It was fabulous and fun, and reassuring to be in a large…
As a child raised by parents who had escaped the bloody India/Pakistan Partition in 1947 without any belongings but their families intact. I had grown…
I remember clearly a day in March two years ago when we hung out with friends and decided to go to a mall in Staten…