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An Eventful Morning Walk / Meeting With The President
An Eventful Morning Walk I do a brisk seventy-five minutes (approximately four miles) walk after morning salaat four times a…
Khoja COVID19 Shots – Kuku Here, Kuku There, Kuku Everywhere
Mullah Mchungu is in a sour, combative mood. He sits on his ancient recliner provocatively clutching his walking cane, glaring…
An African Massage – African Ten Minutes
Maaha Zainab, my 20-year-old is visiting from Orlando; it’s her second visit to Tanzania after a gap of some ten…
How I Lost A Soulmate And Survived – Tahera Fazel
CAI has many donors who prefer to remain to be anonymous, staying on the sidelines but stepping in when there…
Moosa And Me – A Reunion / A Massacre – Again / Eid Mubaarak
Moosa And Me – A Reunion Forty-eight years ago, when I am sixteen, Moosa comes into my family’s life. He,…
Blast From The Past / A Heartbreak – Nasra
Blast From The Past I make a quick trip to the hillside resort of Lushoto within the Usambara mountain range,…
Nasra, My Latest Daughter / A Thousand Apologies
Nasra, My Latest Daughter I notice Nasra sleeping on her back, arms raised, as if in surrender, her torso exposed…
Such Is Life
Such Is Life I must visit India and Bangladesh, to hell with the bloody Doodoo. It’s been over a year…
Felled By Two Accursed M’buus / A Booboo
Felled By Two Accursed M’buus Let me relate to you the story of two m’buus, may Allah curse them until…
The Case Of The Soiled Kababs
So, I’m in steamy, soupy Dar es Salaam at the moment, settling in for a few months so that I…
Mullah Mchungu And The Super Bowl / The Beginning
Mullah Mchungu And The Super Bowl I am well rested from my trip to East Africa where cases of the…
Sabah Gets Married / Eyes Don’t Lie
Sabah Gets Married It is twenty years ago when I meet Sabah Nazim Hussein in Kolkata, India. Her mother has…