We are all Boston, but not Baghdad, Benghazi or Mogadishu
Right now we are all Bostonians. Maybe in the near future, we can also be the rest of the world sometimes.
Tagged: terrorism
17 Jan
A long commute through Pakistan’s Tribal Areas
My friend and I squeeze in the front seat of the pickup. We’re lucky–others are stuck in the back without seats in the freezing winter, getting tossed in the air when the driver crests the hills. It was another one of those days when I would travel between my home in Dera Ismail Khan and [...]
09 Aug
The trouble with traveling while Arab
I waited too long to book a flight home to visit my family in Amman to be picky about my flights. The only option under $2000 was a four hour layover at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. The price and timing was fine. The racial profiling and accusation that I might be a terrorist was not.
27 Feb
Guilt by friend request: How the war on terror came to my facebook
My finger froze over the mouse as I squinted at a blurry photo of a young Pakistani man holding an AK-47 on my Facebook page. “Confirm friend request,” the cheerful blue font suggested. I closed the window and sighed, saving the decision for another morning. The obvious answer here—the one I got from everyone I [...]
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