Categories
Get Updates to Your Inbox!

Racing Into the Danger
It was fifteen years ago. Through the dust and death that filled New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, one inspirational image emerged. Scores of...

Half Empty or Half Full?
I've always been intrigued by how different people can see the same thing, and yet arrive at different conclusions. It's like the old adage, "Is...

Advice for My Daughter
Earlier this month I was in Foz do Iguaçu an amazing city on the border of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Every morning I would walk...

Muslims in Metro New York (Part 9) – Bookends of the Muslim World
When Islam spread rapidly after the death of Mohammed it spread both west and east. Today, the Islamic world spreads like a belt from West...

Muslims in Metro New York (Part 8) – Central Asia & Persians
Two of the most volatile countries in the world over the last few decades, largely attributed to strict Islamic regimes, have been Iran and Afghanistan....

Muslims in Metro New York (Part 7) – European
The history of Europe and Islam is long and fraught with war. If not for technologically advanced weaponry that helped Charles Martel stave off the...

Muslims in Metro New York (Part 6) – Arabs (cont.)
For an introduction to Arabs in Metro New York, including more detailed info on Egyptians, Palestinians, and Yemenis, see our last blog. Moroccan Unlike other...