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Kaka And Keema, And Clever Monkeys I recently find myself in Mumbai, India, a city I visit frequently. I’ve been visiting it since it was called Bombay, a bindas, badass city, where I, strangely, feel at home within the densely populated island, where nearly 22 million people live, packed tight, in relative harmony. Imagine, that […]
Emergency Aid for Yemen Flood Victims | August 2024 As Yemen grapples with a cholera outbreak and escalating food insecurities, 34,000+ families were displaced from unprecedented flooding and windstorms in August and into September. Some areas witnessed entire communities wiped out. Displaced families were in desperate need of emergency support as infrastructure services were severely […]
Blankets Drive | Winter 2024 Afghanistan, Syria, parts of Pakistan, and India experience severe winters, especially in remote areas. Sadly, many impoverished, old, infirm, and very young do not see the light of day as they succumb to hypothermia. This tragedy is avoidable with a contribution of US$32 per person. A thick, sturdy blanket will […]
Blankets Drive | Winter 2024 Afghanistan, Syria, parts of Pakistan, and India experience severe winters, especially in remote areas. Sadly, many impoverished, old, infirm, and very young do not see the light of day as they succumb to hypothermia. This tragedy is avoidable with a contribution of US$32 per person. A thick, sturdy blanket will […]
Blankets Drive | Winter 2024 Afghanistan, Syria, parts of Pakistan, and India experience severe winters, especially in remote areas. Sadly, many impoverished, old, infirm, and very young do not see the light of day as they succumb to hypothermia. This tragedy is avoidable with a contribution of US$32 per person. A thick, sturdy blanket will […]
Food Aid | Yemen | 2024 Comfort Aid International, in partnership with BETA Charitable Trust, continues distributing food aid monthly to internally displaced people in Yemen. Infant powder milk, rice, flour, oil, sugar, and sometimes meat are distributed in remote communities where children suffer from malnutrition. Photos of distribution: Maternity Ward | Al Kauthar Hospital […]
Appeal for Parachinar Aid | Pakistan | Aug 2024 Parachinar is a remote area in the Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan, cordoned off by Afghanistan on all sides but one. On July 24th, 2024, violence erupted against the minority community in Parachinar by Taliban militants, closing the main artery connecting the region to the […]
I return to Dar es Salaam at the start of the holy month of Muharram. Yet another opportunity to partake in the remembrance and pay respect and honor Imam Hussein (a) and his family for their devotion and sublime sacrifice for the pleasure of Allah and the reformation of Islam – for me, a time […]
Rohingya School for Orphans | Bangladesh | July 2024 On the perimeter of the expansive, densely populated Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, ‘home’ to about one million refugees, 120 orphan students are provided quality, secular education at the Balukhali Primary School, with meals for breakfast and lunch before heading back to their deplorable […]
Botox Nightmares Sohail Abdullah, CEO of CAI, and I are in Lebanon once more, on our way to Damascus, Syria. Why would anyone in their right mind want to be in this country at this time is perplexing, sometimes even to me. Strife and violence are a concern, of course, but we have not been […]
