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Which favors of Allah can I deny?
Cambodia is on my list of countries to visit for quite sometime and by the abundant grace of Allah (S),…
The Devil And His Bride
Deport, deport! Screams the immigration officer from behind the glass divider. Where is your work permit for Afghanistan? He keeps…
Updates
I arrived here in Mumbai after sleep deprived eight days in Afghanistan (trip report and photos by accompanying Amir Somji…
You ‘Muslim’ Dog!
In the thirty-two years that I’ve called the United States home, I can recall only two incidents of bigotry that…
London / Paris
When as a teenager in 1979 I got a chance to visit London for the first time ever, I turned…
Land Of Flashy Bosoms, Meaty Thighs
Port Au Prince (PAP), Haiti is not a nice place. The city is grimy, filthy, mosquito ridden, potholed roads abound,…
A Total Dichotomy Of Islam!
It is a beautiful morning outside my house here in Sanford, FL; clear blue sky, not a cloud in the…
A Toilet With Tiles
The area around Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai is not very pedestrian friendly; certainly not a place to unnecessarily…
The Miracle Of Giving – Sirsi, UP…Bad link to photos fixed!
I got an avalanche of protests from several about the link to photographs on this writeup not working. It’s now…
The Miracle Of Giving – Sirsi, UP
Sirsi is in Uttar Pradesh, India, some six hours drive east of New Delhi. It is a poor mid-size village,…
Lies, lies, lies!
I meet Habeeb at Dubai Airport Terminal One Lufthansa lounge; we begin chatting, killing time before flight call. The conversation…
Saira’s Story
This saga is of nineteen-year-old Saira Ashrafi who CAI donors sponsored towards software programming courses sometime in 2010. Daughter of…