this is southampton, ny. here in rochester spectacular wind and rain continue. schools r closed tomorrow. hoping we won’t have any power outages. be safe everyone.
Category: misc/personal
the playoffs are on!
brilliant interception by my son at the game against east high. 42-0 win for pittsford.
In memoriam: María Rosa Menocal
so sad to read this. i had exchanged emails with her a few months ago about a series of lectures on al-andalus. she was a brilliant historian and writer. more here.
Anon Saying, First People of Kanata
The life of a person is a circle from childhood to childhood. Within each child lies our future and our past. (From Aboriginal and Tribal Nation News).
for sabiha phuppo
i will miss sabiha phuppo – her wit, her elegance, her wonderful kindness. only a woman of her confidence and independent mind could have raised daughters like asma jahangir and hina jilani. i gravitated towards her lively, intelligent presence as soon as i married into the family and things didn’t change over the next 20 years. rest in peace dear phuppo. it feels like the end of an era. i know many many will miss u here, and in ur beautiful city of lahore.
after the pasor eid dinner
this picture was taken by my husband after the pakistani american society of rochester eid dinner tonight.
Abbas Kiarostami – Love as Misunderstanding
kiarostami’s interesting take on love. it’s particularly cynical. don’t quite agree but hey, one size does not fit all.
happy 14th of august!
Bhangra in the East Village
love!
a taste of authentic iranian cuisine last thursday!
last thursday i had kufteh tabrizi for lunch along with dolmas (not grape-leaf dolmas but rather bell peppers stuffed with a meat and lentil mixture). this delicious food was prepared by a sociology professor who taught at tehran university for 35 years. she also made a kind of mango/tamarind chutney and a mint chutney with a texture and fragrance that can only be described as heavenly. the conversation wasn’t too shabby either. what a treat!
on spirituality…
James Baldwin said that identity is the American theme. In 2012, spirituality is a major, unspoken question in this culture because there is not a default religion, an assumed spirituality. But, as an intellectual myself, a purely intellectual life is not fulfilling – it’s not complete. (Quiara Alegría Hudes)
weekend at canandaigua lake
beautiful beautiful day at the lake with my husband, my kids and my parents – what could be better? my son took this picture.
a summer wedding!
hanging out with my girlfriends at a dholki, pittsford, june 28, 2012.
lovely day at the lake, with lovely friends
The Tragic Transformation of Mecca
what next? state of the art roller coasters? i went to do the umrah as a young child – before all of this “development.” i saw a friend’s picture taken in mecca recently. she’s standing near the kabaa and it looks like she’s in the food court of a large, well-lit mall. more here.