Sana Riaz: A Cup of Sufi Wine

Sana Riaz: A Cup of Sufi Wine

A Cup of Sufi Wine There is something about circles The Beloved likes. by Sana Riaz There is something about circles The Beloved likes. When Hafiz wrote these words during the composition of his poem “Circles” in the fourteenth century, he was probably not aware of...
Moral Authority in Nonfiction

Moral Authority in Nonfiction

Moral Authority in Nonfiction April Gray Wilder Recently while writing about some past issues, I rendered my family members as characters on a page.  It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever written, and writing all five-hundred words of it left me emotionally...
Bumps in the Night

Bumps in the Night

Presently my soul grew stronger, hesitating then no longer, “Sir,” said I, “or madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, taping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I...
Final Doom

Final Doom

Alex PucherMarch 20, 2012 Final Doom “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.” —Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum What are you going to do when the...
DOOM: Part 2

DOOM: Part 2

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” —Albert Einstein Where were you the morning of September 11, 2001? I know where I was. I was getting ready for work, buttoning up my shirt, tying my...
DOOM: Part 1

DOOM: Part 1

“My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” —Ronald Reagan, August 11, 1984- As a Cold War kid growing up in the suburbs of D.C., there were constant reminders...