NEW YORK: One stop from the end of the N and Q subway line in Astoria, Queens, can transport train riders to a different country. Well, at least the little sister of a different country.
Steinway Street is New York City's own version of Egypt. The (...)
NEW YORK: On Sunday mornings, Bergen Avenue in Jersey City is teeming with Egyptian men wearing dark suits, women with their shoulders covered and children in their Sunday best. Standing in little tight little groups, they are greeting each other in (...)
Her supporters and opponents attempt to categorize her as a lesbian, a Muslim, a woman, a Ugandan refugee, a heretic, an author and a teacher, but Irshad Manji, refuses to wear any labels on her lapel.
During her campaign to reform Islam, Manji has (...)
MONTREAL: There were no empty seats inside the expansive pasta and pizzeria restaurant Pomodoro last Tuesday for the Euro Cup semi-finals. Clad in blue Italy soccer jerseys and wrapped in Italian flags restaurant patrons made no sound during the (...)
NEW YORK: Egyptian-Americans in New York City were scandalized by the outcome of Egypt's presidential election, where the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Morsi, claimed his victory.
“Morsi's victory is bad news for me," Egyptian born Amani (...)
NEW YORK: Bharat Bahadur, 22, a rooftop access resident in New York City's Greenwich Village, and electric guitar player, uses his barren, black tar roof to listen to his favorite musicians with his favorite friends. His 6th floor walk up apartment (...)
