Waiters carry champagne to and fro. Guests laugh and dance gaily under the radiance of the moon. Fireworks keep her tired eyes open, Painting the night with white, green and pink. Inside, a couple argues over an affair Men keep tabs on women especially drunk. Cigarette butts and ashes litter the lawn. Finally, dinner is…
The reach of Islam, even during its infancy, was so vast that even outside of Arabia people developed an interest in it. One such non-Arab who heeded its call is Salman Al-Farsi, or Salman the Persian. Many know him as the Companion who proposed the idea of the trench as a defensive measure…
It won’t be long, before they find out. Why I sit in my room, and cry and pout. A week from today I’ll have moved away, I want to stay and be with you; I pray. My passion and love lie with you. How could you fall for someone else? Was your love untrue?…
“Manush ki bolbe,” which is translated as “what will people say?” is the kind of question that defines social relationships and personal decisions that are made within Bangladeshi and “desi” social networks. This question symbolizes the mindset that collectivistic communities, like those found in Bangladesh and India, have in common; there is an importance of…
I spent the academic year of 2014-2015 volunteering in the Incarcerated Youth Tutorial Project, an organization dedicated to tutoring incarcerated youth and educating people about the school-to-prison pipeline. In this year, the IYTP gave me a fulfilling opportunity to help kids from the ages of about 16-18 pass their GED or CAHSEE, which officially recognizes…