When someone who you love dies, especially when that person was an integral part of your day-to-day life, something about…

We were in the middle of a long drive back to L.A. from northern California, somewhere just past the windmills…

Picture Source Growing up, I felt like I was caught in no-man’s land being half Palestinian (“Pal-a-what?” my classmates would say)…

I was feeling pretty defeated by Friday night. I went to bed, telling my Google assistant to play “Clair de…

Recently I was thinking about young adulthood and had a few conversations about it. I guess I’ve been reflecting about…

We were in the front yard on a late summer afternoon. The sun dangled low in the sky before dusk…

“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of…

Me, 1999, Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. I was 17-years-old when I went on my first international trip.…

As summer vacation approached in the last weeks of school, when books were returned and grades were due and the…