This & That

Another month has come and gone. Thanksgiving last week was great!  I love that the weather has been on the warm side. Here are the books ...

It's rather interesting how we do things to either identify with others or perhaps show our submission.  Many Muslim women will choos...

If you've read any of my posts this year, you may know I've enjoyed a number of books by Westerners traveling through Arabia and ot...

I'm reading Eclipse of the Sunnis by Deborah Amos.  She is talking mostly about the Iraqi "surge" -- no, not the American so...

This was just something I read in a magazine a few days ago that I liked as it was a timely reminder for me as I've struggled with my th...

For those of you who have been to Sunday School classes or youth events where your questions were dismissed by your teachers because "...

Excerpts from Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran by Azadeh Moaveni Note: The author was bor...