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CAI 16th Annual Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal: Please help us move this fund forward as time is of essence to negotiate a fair price for the Iftaar packages. Please consider sponsoring even one meal for it will only be a BIG concentrated push from ALL of us to reach this goal. Jazaak’Allah. Belkhaab Water Project – […]
CAI 16th Annual Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal: The holy month of mercy, blessings, forgiveness and sacrifice is almost upon us and CAI is gearing up for the annual ritual of helping the most needy and vulnerable with a little relief in the form of iftaar rations. CAI will, insha’Allah, distribute iftaar food packages to about 4,600 […]
I am in Mumbai and this is my 3rd monsoon here; a phenomenon marvel to be experienced that can be quite adventurous if caught in one of the many nasty downpours. It is also quite unique, unlike other places I have lived around the world, for it can rain nonstop for days. Not the steady […]
CAI 16th Annual Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal: The holy month of mercy, blessings, forgiveness and sacrifice is almost upon us and CAI is gearing up for the annual ritual of helping the most needy and vulnerable with a little relief in the form of iftaar rations. CAI will, insha’Allah, distribute iftaar food packages to about 4,600 […]
Joyful marriages; grinding poverty; going home. The drive up to Belkaab begins benignly enough; except for the heat and dust, there is not much happening. We pass Sar Pol and pay respects at the grave of Yahya bin Zain, grandson of Imam Sajjad (A); history tells us he was beheaded after a fierce fight here […]
Shafeeqa’s tears of blood. The greeting party at Imam Sajjad (A) Clinic troop out to meet us; Aagha Amini, the local community religious leader, Dr. Islam Yaar, nurse Mohammed Amin, pharmacist Mohammed Rafiq cleaner Zaman plus Basheer and a businessman, Hussein Pur, who has volunteered to accompany and help Basheer as I have missed my […]
CAI 16th Annual Ramadhan Iftaar Appeal: The holy month of mercy, blessings, forgiveness and sacrifice is almost upon us and CAI is gearing up for the annual ritual of helping the most needy and vulnerable with a little relief in the form of iftaar rations. CAI will, insha’Allah, distribute iftaar food packages to about 4,600 […]
Bladder control, an agony. Stalled car. Weeping windscreen. Road to Bamiyaan Mud, mud For a change, there is a line with only about 10 people in front of me waiting for their turn at the immigration counter at Kabul airport. My turn, I step up and hand my passport open to the page where Afghan […]
Part 1 – Indian Airlines, outstanding incompetence. When I land in New Delhi from Mumbai, it is as if the pilot must have made a mistake and landed at Kuwait or Dubai airport instead. But no, this is Delhi all right, no artificial glitter or shiny marble floors where you can almost see your jetlagged […]
Sacheck village. Shafiqa’s destroyed home. Shafiqa’s destroyed home. Shafiqa Shafiqa This is the story of Shafiqa Ahmed Hussein who I meet in the village of Sacheck, Afghanistan at Imam Sajjad (A) Clinic on May 27, 2010. A demure, pretty woman of 22, Shafiqa tells me the following heart wrenching story of her Dad’s massacre by […]
