As soon as Rashid answered his phone, Fatima heard Ahmed shout, “Rashid, Rashid. Turn on the TV. Any news channel. Do it now while I...

With a knife at his throat, Ahmed struggled to hold the blade away from him as he weighed his options. A tall young man, in a flat woolen...

As a youth, I fared poorly at school. It wasn’t for a lack of intelligence, but life threw me a curve ball at a young age that stymied a...

If I had been alone, I may have believed Jesus would pass me on the street. This wasn’t a moment when my sanity was being doubted. It was...

Rashid and his family have moved to London. At the end of their first week, they all walk to a local doctor's office for check-ups. Dr....

Ekphrasis is where visual art is an inspiration for a written work or a written piece is an inspiration for some visual art. Three pieces...

Someone asked me why I write about Syria. This is a part of the reason.

Rashid and his family decided to move to London. Captain Peterson, US Special Forces, made arrangements to smuggle Rashid's family out of...

Rashid's family along with Dareen and her two children had joined the flood of refugees, fleeing Damascus and heading to Beirut. They...

Following are the opening pages of my novel "Syrian Rebirth - Rashid's World," It introduces some of the main characters and the setting....

At Dhahran airport, six of us awaited a flight to Sana’a, the capital of North Yemen. In 1979, Yemen was still a sleepy, little known...

Recently, as I edited a section of my upcoming first novel, I realized I had written a description of the fate of many Ukrainians as they...

Blog Post 1 > General Thoughts > Welcome to my Blog. Blog Post 2 > General Thoughts > Blog Posts. Blog Post 3 >...

I decided to start a blog to share stories and my thoughts with whoever found them interesting. I plan to share sections from a novel...