I come from a third world country where the concept of being modern is to embrace Western values unconditionally. By this I mean acceptance of western trends in clothing, thinking process, morality, music, language and food. When you look at it as I have articulated there is nothing wrong. However, where it should matter most […]
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they lose a loved one, and that is a time they will never forget. I, very recently, lost my father. He came to Seattle with my Mom to stay with my kids and I for Christmas. They were here for a week, a week full of eating […]
There has been American and Western interests in the Middle East involving military, political and economic issues for at least 100 years from The United States, Great Britain and France. It was 95 years ago when United States Congress passed a bill called “The Mineral leasing act of 1920.” The bill was designed to coerce […]