In the sleepy college town of Davis, California where I grew up, there were Iranians who were religious […]
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Photos of protests seen around the world and in the States help Muslims here and overseas know that the American people are not monolithically interested in bombing and then…
I snapped this photo as I was leaving Sunday’s March from the White House to the Capitol Building. As the daylight hours, and with them the time for afternoon prayers, waned, this sister stole a quiet spot for some alone time with God. I won’t pretend to know what she prayed for, but these days I find myself reflecting a great deal on the future of our country and praying for the United States, for my friends and their families, for the future of those Americans I don’t know but hope to get to know…
Many years ago, I went to Farsi Saturday school with Zahra Noorbakhsh, the author of this column about […]