25
Jan
Hidden Grace and Hot Soup
In our digitally intertwined, always-on lives, one of the more startling windows into another person's day is the
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25
Jan
Far from Home: Amna's Story
Amna's warmth, humor, and hospitality have touched many people in the small southern town where she lives. She
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18
Jan
Three Thanksgivings—and Cultural (Mis)appropriations
I share "Three Thanksgivings" in gratitude for my family. They truly deserve a Homs-at-Home sitcom, written just for them, starring them as themselves, except for me. I’d like Joan Chen to play a glamorous (finally!) version of me.
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11
Jan
Bread from Ashes
I was born in Misrata, a city on the Mediterranean coast of Libya, but I took my first steps in Tripoli where I grew up and spent most of my life. From an early age I was bilingual, speaking Arabic and Tamasheq, the Tuareg language. The two languages embody vastly different ways of being...
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