“The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir. Dear Fellow Warriors, It has been more than a month now since my last piece, and so many things I want to share here! I want to be sure that I at least post here once or twice a month if I am unable…
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I am Woman.
“The decision whether or not to bear a child is central to a woman’s life, to her wellbeing and dignity. It’s a decision she must make for herself.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg On Friday, June 24, 2022, six people, sitting in the United States Supreme Court, stripped away a constitutional right from the American people,…
The Radical Brown “Damsel in Distress”
“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.” – Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dear Fellow Warrior, Following the previous poem I posted a few weeks earlier, “I wrote a poem on 2020,”in this post I share that specific poem that I wrote in my…
Reminiscing Pakistan’s Allama Iqbal during Amreeka’s National Poetry Month
{Featured Photo from Pakistan National Monument Museum, Islamabad, December 25, 2018.} “Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.” – Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal It is another moment in Pakistan’s history, a moment which some may perceive to be a “window of opportunity,” and others, a…
Happy National Poetry Month!
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” – Langston Hughes As many of you may know, April is National Poetry Month! This is the first year I learned of this. Doesn’t it seem like we are always learning about a “new day” or a “new month”…
Fieldwork ‘Nostalgia’…
Featured Photo: March 17, 2019, Karachi, Jinnah International Airport. A Farewell Salute to Pakistan. “There is no greater agony, than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Dr. Maya Angelou “Nostalgia.” I recently came across an interesting passage in Dr. Brene Brown’s new book “Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of…
Defending “the Choice” of “Dress”…
“I raise up my voice – not so I can shout but so that those without a voice can be heard … We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education and Nobel Peace Prize recipient So I wrote a version of this post on Linkedin…
‘Honoring’ Milestones and a Dream of 20 Years…
“If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.” – Rumi A little over a month ago, I finally started my new adventure, after completing my PhD, at an amazing non-profit that does great work for enhancing educational opportunities for diverse populations around the world. That week, I intended to write this…