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Three years ago I had my first Mardi Gras experience — in New Orleans. It was part of my “Church Lady Cakes” project. Johari Roshad and I went to New Orleans with a suit case of pound cakes for her friends. It was not so much the shock [...]
“I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
– Mark Twain
I’ve been taking note of some of the dramatics playing out in the media and politically after the failed bombing attempt on the Northwest flight by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. For me, I breathed a sigh of relief when [...]
How I’ve neglected my on-line life for family, holiday treats, and a little trip to New York City, without a lap-top. For those of you who were pinned in by the snow, you technically have 10 more days of Christmas left to buy last minute gifts or even send Christmas cards. January 6 [...]
I used to be really into Halloween to the point of planning my costume well in advance. That meant taking out the sewing machine and actually making something to wear. Maybe because in those days I had somewhere to go and show off.
This may be hard to believe, but Halloween has [...]
Apparently officials in France and Italy have decided the Burqini reveals too little and have banned women from wearing them to public pools and beaches.
Thanks to an Australian sportswear company named Ahiida, Muslim women can be modestly attired while fearlessly active in the water and on dry land. Ruqaya Al Ghasara, a [...]
HEALTH CARE WATCH by the Numbers with Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com
As I lamented yesterday, health care is one of those areas where both popular opinion and sound public policy seem to take a backseat to protecting those stakeholders who benefit from the status quo.
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight, the numbers cruncher whose stats predicted the [...]
June 4, 2009. This speech isn’t just for Muslims.
I couldn’t help but take notice yesterday of Ethelbert Miller’s comment on his E-Notes. African Americans and Islam is a topic threaded through E-Notes along with baseball stats, articles and books to read, shout outs from and to literary friends, poetic post-its etc.
My head is spinning a bit on this one — [...]
I remember getting my first St. Patrick’s Day card…from Ireland. The card was from a former co-worker who had repatriated to Ireland with her husband. I was surprised that it didn’t have dancing leprechauns or a “Kiss Me, I’m Irish” kind of limerick. It was quite sober, sweet, and religious. Like choosing [...]
March 20th ushers in another new year - a Persian Iranian New Year known as Nowruz or “New Day” which coincides with the Spring equinox. It’s all new to me.
A third screening of the Community Cinema series’ February film, ARUSI PERSIAN WEDDING, is scheduled for a free public showing Sunday, March 8th. This [...]
