Sallam and Ramadhan kareem insha’Allah, All of you must have seen, heard of or are aware of the terrible calamity of Muslims in Myanmar (Burma); it is enough to almost…
read moreI met Basheer some 6 years ago when CAI began a massive water distribution project for about 30,000 internally displaced refugees at Chandawaal, outside Kabul; CAI was in need of…
read moreCambodia is on my list of countries to visit for quite sometime and by the abundant grace of Allah (S), I recently go there. Not only because Cambodia is an…
read moreDeport, deport! Screams the immigration officer from behind the glass divider. Where is your work permit for Afghanistan? He keeps asking. I try explaining that I am in Afghanistan to visit…
read moreI arrived here in Mumbai after sleep deprived eight days in Afghanistan (trip report and photos by accompanying Amir Somji coming up shortly) where it was numbing cold in Bamiyaan…
read moreIn thirty-two odd years that I call United States home, I can remember only two incidents of bigotry that have really upset me. This is remarkable, living in Texas, which has…
read moreWhen as a teenager in 1979 I got a chance to visit London for the first time ever, I turned blissfully bliss. Why, slap me silly! London?! My entire childhood,…
read morePort Au Prince (PAP), Haiti is not a nice place. The city is grimy, filthy, mosquito ridden, potholed roads abound, snarled traffic rule and noxious fumes from cheap gasoline can…
read moreIt is a beautiful morning outside my house here in Sanford, FL; clear blue sky, not a cloud in the sky and comfortable 70F. I hear birds chirp friskily outside;…
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