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Blast From The Past I make a quick trip to the hillside resort of Lushoto within the Usambara mountain range, the Switzerland of Tanzania, just before Ramadhan begins. For three days, accompanied by Zamina and Zuhair, my nephew Mohammed’s kids, and Ali Merali and Dadima, I become a teenager once more. Being with a bunch […]
Zakaat Fitr As usual, CAI is making arrangements for this obligation to be distributed to the poor and destitute the world over. For the program to be successful, since the distribution is far, wide, and remote, CAI needs to make arrangements from now. Please help us by donating now with the intent of a loan […]
Nasra, My Latest Daughter I notice Nasra sleeping on her back, arms raised, as if in surrender, her torso exposed to the elements, a stone throw away from the Khoja mosque here in Dar es Salaam. There is no air-conditioner, no fan, of course. There is no mattress. No pillow. No blanket. no mosquito net […]
2021 Ramadhan Relief – Update Aid To Rohingya Fire Victims CAI donors come together to aid the victims of a devastating fire at the Rohingya refugee camp 8/9/10 at Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh. Over 9,500 people lost homes, scores dead or missing and the refugees lost everything except the clothes on their backs. CAI has fed […]
Such Is Life I must visit India and Bangladesh, to hell with the bloody Doodoo. It’s been over a year since I was there; compliance audits for CAI projects in both countries await me. I especially long to meet the 200 Rohingya orphans at their ramshackle camp outside Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, again. CAI donors have […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal The mobilization for the feeding of the worldwide poor and destitute for the 24th successive year, alham’Allah, is now well underway. The goal is to provide basic supplemental iftaar needs of 14,844 poor families in 18 countries – Afghanistan, Rohingyas refugees in Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, India, Iraq, Liberia, Kenya, Nepal, […]
Felled By Two Accursed M’buus Let me relate to you the story of two m’buus, may Allah curse them until the day of reckoning. Now, you cannot hurry me up. This story must be told at my pace, the way I want it. So, I suggest you make yourself a cup of chai, or coffee, […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal The mobilization for the feeding of the worldwide poor and destitute for the 24th successive year, alham’Allah, is now underway. The goal is to provide basic supplemental iftaar needs of 14,844 poor families in 18 countries – Afghanistan, Rohingyas refugees in Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, India, Iraq, Liberia, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, […]
So, I’m in steamy, soupy Dar es Salaam at the moment, settling in for a few months so that I can do justice to the ongoing CAI projects. It is the first time in almost a year that I fly Emirates. The airline has suddenly become overly generous, extending my Platinum tier miles for two […]
Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal The mobilization of feeding of the worldwide poor and destitute for the 24th successive year, alham’Allah in now under way. The goal is to provide basic supplemental iftaar needs of 14,844 poor families in 18 countries – Afghanistan, Rohingyas refugees in Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, India, Iraq, Liberia, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, […]
