version here.Phew! It’s done. Finally! My second novel is done editing and is currently being readied for publishing; it will be…

Inna lillahi Wa Inna Ilayi Raajeoon… the profundity of this beautiful Quraanic verse hit me most when I lost someone…

I fly to warm, muggy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and immediately set on feasting on mangoes, pineapples, zambarao and plums…

Tuesday, November 19 2013 begins benign enough; we wake up for salaat, Mahaa Zainab and her mother return to slumber…

We are inseparable, India and I, I think. Why, I was here just six weeks ago. I am back, thanks…

I sit in the shade, outside CAI built Al Zahra Boys Home in Sirsi, UP India. My face and every…

Sallam This, my 26th trip to Afghanistan was mighty tough, as you will learn from Shaida’s narration below but as…

I write an impassioned letter to president Barak Hussein Obama regarding the oppressed Palestinians on March 24, 2013. Being a…

Mullah Mchungu, my elderly occasional comrade and frequent nemesis is visiting Sanford, Florida once more. I feel his arresting hand…

Allah (S) is extra benevolent to us folks in Sanford, FL, especially this Ramadhan. Frankly I dread the oncoming month…

Day One: Middle East Airlines takes off from chilly London on time, headed for Beirut, where I am headed to…

Here are two stories on orphans that I have been flowing up lately. Both relate to Sakina Girls Home (SGH),…