As we start February 2022, most of us cannot help think back to March 2020, when we first met our first totally global reach pandemic face-to-face, or mask to mask! We all remember the gloom and doom, the fear and uncertainty, the sadness, the loss, and the grieving of a…

Ramadan 1444 or 2023 is a few days away. We just finished the months of Rajab and Shaaban which are months of repentance with extra-long prayers and a few fasts as well. There is preparation at all levels: physical and logistical, emotional, spiritual. Fasting from dawn to dusk for 30…

Celebrating Women- a day late! Yesterday, and this whole month, we celebrate the progress and achievements in women’s position in societies all over the world. …

We have all been hearing and seeing the reports of the biggest earthquake in a hundred years in Turkey and Syria. We have heard stories of how birds were very disturbed the evening before in the area, but no human listened to their distress. We have seen videos of buildings…

2023 — You are Here As we welcome 2023, I chose the metaphor of “You Are Here”. When you walk in a mall or popular tourist cities, there are signs of “you are here” to give you a big picture of where you are situated amid all there is to…

FIFA World Soccer Championship Today I watched the most thrilling match of the FIFA 2022 games in Qatar as Argentina and France battled for the world championship. We were in sustained suspense for over two hours until the last goal in the penalty kick off. There are no words to…

Expanding the Heart Whenever I start to write a blog, I wish to accomplish a couple of things: share something that people enjoy reading, such as a nice event, an exciting trip, or even topics like inner peace and peacebuilding. But often, dark subjects hover in my mind. These dark…

The annual holiday fest called Thanksgiving is over, with lots of food leftover to relish the rest of the week. I did not host this time, as my son and daughter-in-law brought together clans from both sides. …

I was riding in the car with my grandson to our granddaughter 7th birthday, and he said: “I am older than 9 years, as I was in my mother’s womb for 9 months too!” I said yes, that’s a brilliant observation, and that in fact, you were around as a…