well, what I’m working on…
I’ve spent quite a bit of time the past few weeks profusely thanking the people around me. Calling friends, hanging out, sending cards: doing right by those who have done right by me. Nothing extraordinarily good or bad has happened to me (yet), but the desire to be grateful has hit me. Depending on […]
A little over a month ago, I was asked what my resolution for this Ramadan would be. In my heart, I was aware of what I needed to do, but at the time I wasn’t ready to commit to it. Sometimes you go through things in your private life, and your feelings about those […]
I’ve talked a lot about what I am, and not much lately about what I do. I’ve been treated to some pleasant news which through sheer coincidence of timing came while I’ve been fasting. The last script that I wrote was a semi-autobiographical story about growing up as a Muslim in pre and post […]
At the midpoint of Ramadan, time for a little reflection. Russell Simmons is one of the more famous faces who has lent his name to the cause: When I started my own series of essays on the subject, I will say it was refreshing to know of the many non-Muslim Americans who rejected the […]
So…who are we? We’ve been here since the beginning of this country. We’ve been diplomats and ambassadors, industrialists and slaves. We’ve been illiterate and uneducated, and we’ve written some of the defining essays and books of the American experience. Our background has made us as a community some of the most conservative members of […]
So my post from the beginning of the week, ‘American Muslim, Volume I,’ got a lot of praise (thank you if I haven’t thanked you privately) and caught a lot of eyeballs. Among those eyeballs were the group ‘My Fellow Americans,’ whose goals run parallel to mine: Their website is http://myfellowamerican.us , I encourage you to check […]
In my opinion, some people have been put on this Earth to drive people apart and to pull others down into their insecurities and misery. I, on the other hand, feel that I’ve been put on this Earth to remind others of the connections between us. Conflicts are inevitable, but ultimately, in between our disagreements, […]
Wednesday I’ll once again be sitting in as the guest host of ‘Our Town Pasadena’. My guest will be South Pasadena resident and Union lawyer Jake White. We’ll cover a variety of topics including the process of Union lawyers, the current Labor situation, and if the time has finally come for his Clippers to overtake […]
Apparently, it’s all over come Saturday. I haven’t written anything here too personal in a while, but since apparently I only have 48 or so hours left, I thought I’d end it on a high note. If there is no future, then I have to become something that’s not really in my nature, and become […]
I’ve got some more information about the screening of ‘Lady In My Life’ at the KC Filmfest: For those interested in attending, it will be part of the ‘Mixed Bag’ group of shorts shown Saturday, April 9th at the AMC Mainstreet. The screening times run from 10 to 11:30 P.M., so you can see […]
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