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Life in Canada
When Fairuz summed up life In Canada Life in Canada is heaven and hell…cruelty and tenderness…challenges, adventures, and…
Pilgrim Boy
1 Gates The driver’s holler awakens me as we arrive at JFK. The sun hasn’t yet come up.…
I will eat misery
A November morning It’s been raining lately, or so they say. I find myself wondering: what if it…
Sprouting Favas in Cairo
“The fava beans have weevils,” she heard her mother telling her father in an exasperated voice. Mariam woke…
The Mirror That Comes Back
Bahram Beyzai and the Ā’īneh of a Wounded Nation In the Persian mystical imagination, the mirror was never…
From the Nile to Hólaá
Preface When I was younger and my father was still alive, I often thought that I…
Bringing Light into the Darkness:
Paintings and Drawings by a Sudanese Master “No politics,” this was the artist’s only request when I asked…
When All Other Lights Go Out:
Wagner, Howard Shore, and the Long Road Home When I was a little boy, sitting alone in the…
To Study by the Sea
For some, the idea sounds like a dream: to study by the sea. It is for my students…
I Have a Farm in Africa
I have a farm in Africa. How ridiculous that sounds, so pompous and unnecessary. Those words bring…