The Cab of a Thousand Songs | The New York Times | The year after the attacks of Sept. 11 was a dark time for Osama Soliman; an Egyptian-born cabbie, he found himself overwhelmed by the silence in his taxi. Some passengers eyed him suspiciously, and one reported him to the F.B.I. because of his first name. "Every time I went to go get the cab," he recalled, "I was feeling sad." | Article PDF
American Purgatory | Fort Worth Weekly, Cover Story | Millions in U.S. aid reaches the PLO every year, but a local man's in jail for the few bucks he raised for them 20 years ago.
Eid ul-Fitr: Ramadan's Sweet Ending | npr.org | This is a sweet time of year for Muslims. Literally. Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month of sunrise-to-sunset fasting. In Pakistan, the country from which my parents emigrated, it is called the "festival of sweets."
Prayers for the Middle East | Newsday, Long Island Life Cover Story | At St. John Antiochian Orthodox Church in Levittown, events in Israel and the West Bank are never far from worshippers' minds. Many were born in Jerusalem, on the West Bank or in former Palestinian towns and cities inside what is now Israel. The church and its members constitute a thriving community of Palestinian-Americans in the heart of Long Island — families who live American lives while keeping a worried eye on the land of their birth
Awakening Islam | Fort Worth Weekly , Cover Story | Four years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Muslim Americans in the Fort Worth area reflect on what the terrorist attacks and its aftermath meant for their community and their place in American society.
Lentil need spikes after shortage | Newsday | The price of lentils -- a staple on the Indian dinner table -- has doubled at some stores and area South Asians are feeling the pinch. |
Learning the language of their faith | Newsday | On weekday nights this month, students from across Long Island gathered inside the classroom at the Long Island Islamic Center, learning the hard and soft sounds of Arabic letters.
