I’m an immigrant, sort of. I was born in Jordan in 1977. My mother came to America from her Palestinian hometown of Akka in the 1960s as a teenager with her family. She became a naturalized US citizen during that time. Then, she me met my father during college in California, and they moved to […]
Month: July 2015
A letter to Lindsey Graham about Mohammad
Dear Senator Graham, What happened yesterday in Chattanooga was tragic. Everyone should agree about that. It should be assumed. The alleged shooter, Mohammad Abdulazeez, was a 24-year-old American of Arab descent. He came to this country with his family as a young child from Kuwait and became a naturalized citizen (like many of us). His friends and […]
Israel can’t survive the world wide web
Something funny happened on the internet this week. On Tuesday, Snapchat featured Tel Aviv in a 24-hour “live story.” Now, for my social media-challenged readers out there (my dad), let me explain how this works. Snapchat is a messaging service that allows one to share a photo or video with a particular person or group of […]