After eighteen years spent in Greece, Mr. Khaleel provided us shelter and warmth, welcoming us from the moment we had peeped in the door. It is these people, along with the likes of Sundar Pichai and Indra Nooyi, who carry the flame of their home country abroad.
Category: Travel
Of Heritage and Identity
….little did I know that while discovering Athens and Greek heritage, my Syria experience would tug at the heartstrings.
Remembering Aleppo
I write this memoir of Aleppo not as an obituary to that vivacious city, but as a reminder to its people and all of us. Cities like Aleppo survive, they grow back, rebuild and rebound
Gettysburg -a promise made
The promise made on that day entails a continuous battle to remain fulfilled. The battle to preserve the promise takes place across cities and continents, in different languages, in different forms, but it continues tirelessly.
Atlanta – History and beyond
In Atlanta , Georgia the past has ‘gone with the wind’, and the city today is modern, new age and grasping the future with an impatient hand.
A walk through Central Park
On a balmy summer evening, with a serene lake littered with ducks and tortoises, reflecting majestic New York skyscrapers as a backdrop, I watched as a wedding took place. The couple, surrounded by a small group of people, was taking vows while the minister blessed them. The minister announced “you may now kiss”. The two…
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