Sweat Tea and Sunshine

Tell me what you think of when you hear ‘the South.’ I suppose you recall of the war for state’s rights. I would wager you think only of red states. Do you think of fried chicken and ‘good ole country cookin’? Do you consider the world that simultaneously created Ray Charles, Martin Luther King, Booker [...]

Being a foreigner in your own country

I did it. I moved from Rabat, Morocco to Atlanta, GA and from Atlanta, GA to Somerville, MA. Safe to say, I’m exhausted. I could sleep for a week and be a very happy person. At times, I feel like my life in Morocco was a lifetime ago, and sometimes, I feel like I left [...]

Oh Atlanta, I hear you calling….

I spent five weeks in the US with my family. It’s funny because over that time there would have been great things to blog about, like seeing a large portion of my family that I haven’t seen in years, like watching two people simultaneously forgive and love each other, like seeing the joy that an [...]