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From Elmaz and Only Elmaz
From Elmaz and Only Elmaz In graduate school, a famous poet threw me out of his class, shamed me and my culture and ultimately made me a pariah in the program—because everyone liked who he liked, and ridiculed who he ridiculed. I didn’t blame the program, I put it on him and a lot … Continue reading From Elmaz and Only Elmaz
A Question of Faith
12/28/15 With the small "f" faith, the system of beliefs is designed by the individual and allows each person to identify what is in their heart, what the boundaries of behaviour are; how they face their own mortality. It makes the faith an experience of leaping and questioning; it is dynamic and active. Al Jazeera
Tell Everyone: I am Affirmative Action
12/12/15 - Affirmative action is not about the numbers or the race card or the blame game — the most important word there is ACTION. We take an action to give you opportunity to a world outside of your own. Medium
When is a mass shooting more than a mass shooting?
12/04/15 - For Arab and Muslim Americans, every report begins an anxious wait for the attacker's identity to be revealed. Al Jazeera
