Q&A: Behind the Music with Chaand Soorij
Artist Talha Mirza dropped his first album “Wahid” a couple months ago under the name Chaand Soorij. We asked him about the making of the al
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remember
It takes some time. It takes some time to come back to this land. After soaring for long enough perhaps my legs don’t recall how to...
Diary from Nepal
In August 2017, I visited Nepal to learn about ginger farmers, who farm in the remote mountainous regions of the country. These smallholder
Elevated consciousness
No celebrity suicide in the recent past has left me more despondent than Chester Bennington’s. I can’t name a Linkin Park song released...
Comics: the power of positive representation
Storytelling is important because it’s how we empower and validate ourselves. What is the effect when the figure of “good” is always a physi
The girl next door
In a quiet suburb right outside of Seattle, Washington, there is a modest house on a cul-de-sac with a charming backyard. In this house...
A beginning
“See, this is why you should never be a teacher.” These were the words uttered by my parents every time the local news channel mentioned...
The story of the Rojava Revolution
In contrast to all of the negative things we hear about Syria, I want to present something positive; from the ashes of the nation state,...
Nabra Hassanen: She was our daughter, she was our sister
Nabra Hassanen, a 17 year-old girl from Northern Virginia, was killed after a late-night service at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society...
A vigil for Nabra
Nabra Hassanen was a 17-year-old girl from Northern Virginia. She and several friends went to get food after a late-night service at the...
Can third-culture kids help America’s social capital crisis?
Everything you need to know about Egyptians can be summed up by our national dish: koshary. A British colonial-era inspired street food...
When structure goes on strike
In the fall of 2016, Harvard University’s dining services workers — all 750 of them — went on strike for three weeks after months of fruitle
Dispatches from queer Bangladesh: Happy Thai New Year!
Speaking to me on the phone from Thailand, Fahad* discloses his two wishes for life. “I just want to stay hot and have money. If you have th
Introduction to the series: dispatches from queer Bangladesh
I left Bangladesh, the country of my birth, when I was 18. I’m gay, and I don’t plan to live there again. Same-sex sexual activity is...
Islam, in my own image
A close friend was mortified that I might have been asked — much less have accepted — to write about life as a Third-Culture Kid (“TCK”)....
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