beautiful wedding in west hartford, connecticut! congratulations fizza and rizwan – u make a lovely couple mashallah. so wonderful to spend time with family. am wearing my mother’s vintage sari, chiffon from paris, 1970s
#wedding #familywedding #familygettogether #pakistaniwedding #shadimubarak #westhartford #connecticut #mubarikho #vintagesari #frenchchiffon #1970s
on the ferry from long island to connecticut. first view of bridgeport from the long island sound.
#ferryfromlongisland #longislandtoconnecticut #bridgeport #travelingatnight #ferry #longisland #connecticut #longislandsound #bridgeportct
spent the day with ammi abbu in beautiful northport, where we had moroccan chicken sandwiches at bistro 44 and met artist mary ahern at the firefly artists gallery/collective – my first meeting w a local artist.
#thefireflyartists #artistcollective #northport #longisland #bistro44 #moroccanfoodisdelish #ammiabbu #ammiabbu
visited friends in rochester from feb 11-14, 2022. more pictures and details on instagram @mara__ahmed
this evening we made some chai and got some methai from bengali sweets, in hicksville, and then went and watched the sunset at west meadow beach, right next to our house. a delicious mix of cold wind, hot tea, and radiant sky and water. sister, ammi, abbu, and the husband – what could be better?
#chaiislove #methai #bengalisweets #hicksville #sunsets #sunsetsofinstagram #sunsetphotography #sunsetlover #coldwind #hotchai #sweetmethai #westmeadowbeach #setauket #setauketny #familyiseverything
my sister is here! a sunny day at frank melville memorial park with the parents – so refreshing.
#familyiseverything #frankmelvillememorialpark #setauket #setauketny #ammiabbu #sunnydayinthepark
happy birthday to one of my closest friends in college. saba could always be counted on to do the right thing, right by her family and friends. everything done seamlessly and with grace. she and her family were central to my years at IBA and later when i worked in karachi. they anchored me. i have learned so much from them. happy birthday dear saba. u are one of a kind <3
From John Steinbeck’s letter to his eldest son Thom, November 1958:
There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.
Photo: My love, Montauk, August 2021
#johnsteinbeck #quotes #love #kindsoflove #kindness #respect #consideration #strength #wisdom #mylove #montauk
went with the husband on his run. don’t run but love walking. took pictures and enjoyed the mix of glacial wind and bright sunshine. met kevin who comes often on his bike and told me about the robins and the coming rain storm, on sunday. love west meadow beach <3
#westmeadowbeach #setauket #eastsetauket #windandsun #glacialwinds #brightsunshine #runningandwalking #naturechangesyou
2009 and 2021. that’s a difference of 12 years, slightly more than a decade, but u get the picture. photographs by my daughter and sister respectively.
#tenyearchallenge #naplesny #setauketny #thenandnow
yesterday we had high tea (beautifully done by ghanima) with uncle mussawir and his family. we were together in belgium, many years ago. as a child, i remember uncle mussawir well – tall, lean, debonair, always generous and kind. such a treat that his family is now based on long island. from brussels to new york, it’s a small world filled with some lovely people <3
first walk in the snow. first snow storm in 2022. so much beauty. so much joy <3
#firstsnowstorm #snowstorm #2022 #snowishere #snowphotography #frankmelvillememorialpark #setauketny #walkinthesnow #walkinthepark #longisland #newyork
walk by the beach, with the son and the pooch:)
#westmeadowbeach #setauket #walkbythebeach #poochperfect #walksaregoodforthesoul #longislandsound #atlanticocean #longisland #newyork
friendships have always been foundational to my life. loyalty and being there for one another is what makes the world go round. according to me anyway. happy birthday to one of my oldest and closest friends, Amra. friends since high school when we found ourselves in the same class in islamabad, both uprooted from alternative lifeworlds (me from belgium, her from algeria). we spoke to each other in french and felt an immediate connection. we’ve grown with each other and shared the good times and the bad. over decades, many times across different continents. love u amra. may all ur dreams come true.
this picture is from a trip to london in the late 1990s. my son, standing in front of us, is 26 now mashallah <3
#friendsarefamily #friendsforlife #friendship #friendshipforever
the view from my office. one day inshallah i will finish my film.
#filmediting #filmeditinglifestyle #film #editing #filmmaking #theinjuredbody #racisminamerica #racism #america #homeoffice #homeofficelife #workingfromhome #deadlinesarecoming #deadlinesarereal #setauket #setauketny #longisland #longislandny
