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Lessons from 10 Years of Writing / Blogging
Why am I not blogging more? This is a question I have asked myself several times over the last few months. I know the answer. It is a good answer. But it still makes me sad. For the longest time, my blog used to have the following text in big font: “The answers to life […]
The Best Religion in the World
December 14, 2014
Most people know the best religion in the world: THEIR’S! To me, most religions seem like competitors in a high-stakes championship. I am going to try and summarize all the issues I have with religion in as little space as I can, considering each of these would be (and are) epic-sized theses on their own. […]
Letter to a 15-year old forced hijaabi (wearing a veil)
October 8, 2014
Context: Last year, I wrote a post, “On the Hijaab (Veil), Topless Jihad, etc.” The basic premise of this post was to assert that forcing someone to take off their veil is as bad as telling someone to wear their veil. I was merely trying to provoke a thought process by which we examine what we, […]
My Introduction to God in Spanish
June 16, 2013
I spent the last week in the small, remote village of El Progresso in El Salvador. I was part of an 8-member team from Willow Creek Community Church, Chicago, that went to work on a school project in this village in the mountains, untouched by Facebook or the internet. Working at this school came close […]
My Favourite 20 Minutes of the Day
September 16, 2010
In an ideal world we would all have time to reflect – a few minutes for ourselves away from the hullabuloo of daily lives. But in the real world, we have to make time for ourselves. When there’s so little time for ourselves, where is the time to invest in relationships…get to know your spouse, […]
The Rabbi
October 6, 2008
Sobbing inconsolably a young woman sat, In a space she thought her own, Away from the world and its prying eyes, She let herself cry freely and mourn. And in a moment of unbearable pain, She called upon God, His heavenly name, Asking for deliverance and forgiveness galore, But instead she found an old man […]
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From Outside The Mall 
November 2, 2015
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