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Standing on the right-hand side of Condoleezza Rice is “freedom fighter” Desiree Fairooz. No comments needed for this little episode that happened on Oct 24th. Fairooz was yelling out, “You have the blood of millions of Iraqis on your hands!” into Rice’s face.

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The following profile of Desiree Fairooz is taken from the Fort Worth Weekly […]

One of the most difficult phases of my life was being a Middle Eastern student in a post-9/11 United States. I felt terrible for the victims of the terrorist attacks of that sad day, but I also felt terrible about the reactions faced by others of Middle Eastern descent in the United States. I considered […]

After another day spent in the research lab, hovering over books and nursing endless cups of coffee, I headed back home. The last time I checked, life has been a blur and I still feel a slight gravitational pull between my life here in Tokyo in the now, where I come from, and where I […]

My Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf Moment:
On Wednesday mornings, I teach English Conversation and Literature to a group of women in Kunitachi. It’s actually quite fun because I get to think aloud about things that don’t usually occur to me in normal situations. After class was over today, something funny happened:
One of the […]

The old man told me that he hiked up Mount Takao - where we both were at the time - every Sunday to sit among its trees and paint. He had just finished his creation for the day. I asked him whether he gave his paintings titles and he said that he did. Today’s painting […]

Here’s a little something:

This isn’t really a complete entry. I wrote this a day before I left Bahrain but I didn’t feel like posting it (yes, I made it back to Tokyo in one piece). Anyways, more to come.. soon!
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Today, the beggar outside the office H.’s mother works in was dragging his left leg, creating the image of […]