super busy weekend – all about my son’s graduation. thank u to my brother and his family – ur presence meant everything to us. now on to the real world π
Category: misc/personal
my daughter’s birthday 2017
may is the most beautiful month of the year for me – both my loulous were born in may. today is my daughter’s 17th birthday. the baby of the family has been driving her own car and doing a pretty good job of being her witty, socially conscious, and academically engaged young person. always patient, thoughtful, and meticulously fair. love u forever little one.
my son’s birthday 2017
22 years ago my life was transformed forever when my son was born. he was always a little bundle of energy and brightness. i remember that in elementary school his classmates’ assessment of him was that he’s very good at math, and that his jokes are hilarious π he will be graduating from college in a couple of weeks. so proud of u, puppy. may u always be successful in all ur adventures in life, may u be kind and just towards all people, and may u have the time to be quiet and happy in a very busy world. love u.
mother’s day 2017
happy mother’s day to my beautiful mom. i owe u everything. everything.
wedding season
another lovely wedding in rochester. saree from lahore π
a special wedding in rochester
a bright young man, one of the 4 kids i interviewed in The Muslims I Know (most of them were barely out of high school at the time) just got married last night. how time flies…
dinner with friends
lovely, cozy, relaxing evening with our roc peeps. thx so much for ur hospitality shabnam.
trip to VA
in VA visiting my sis and her family. drove down here with my daughter and our little pup phoebe. such a beautiful drive. today i got to meet the brilliant Anu Ramdas, whom i had met many years ago in ithaca. we talked about feminism (within quotes), racist/casteist structures and patriarchy, islamophobia, the hijab, BLM, our work and fam, and much much more. i always wish i had taken notes after our conversations because they spark so many ideas. am thankful for all the wonderful people (and pups) in my life π
spring 2017
spring is here. what a beautiful place we live in.
family wedding, lahore style
New version of #MuslimBan
As we were preparing to travel to Lahore for a family wedding, we kept talking about the risks associated with new executive orders that might be issued in our absence and how they would impact us. Well, here we go. Our flight route is JFK to Doha to Lahore, and back. We carried our laptops with us on the way here, just a few days ago, and now we’ll have to check them into our luggage on our way back. After reading tweets of despairing journalist friends in the Middle East, Laleh Khalili’s thoughts are that the laptop ban is not about protectionism, or a stealth #MuslimBan, or related to “security.” It’s about providing security services access to the data on people’s laptops, which will now be sitting comfortably in checked luggage.
in lahore…
lahore. how i’ve missed u.
That Mom Bust In The Interview Like…
lovely weekend
wonderful weekend. trip to ithaca on saturday morning to visit our son and have lunch with him, then off to the little theatre to see “i am not your negro,” followed by ethiopian food at zemeta with a couple we love. on sunday, dinner at our iraqi american friends’ house – delicious home cooked iraqi food, comforting tea in beautiful teacups and then a game of table tennis to wrap things up. couldn’t have cared less about the glacial weather.
lovely dinner with friends last night