Category: Melting Pot

On a Saturday night in October, about twenty teenage girls filed into the Omar Islamic Center in Middletown, Connecticut. TheirContinue Reading

In early April 2024, I visited the home of my dear friend Omar Majdoub. He welcomed me into his suburbanContinue Reading

A tsunami of Korean culture struck Central Connecticut State University. Over a period of three days in April, international scholarsContinue Reading

Ayah Galal and I met on a cool breezy Friday afternoon at Hotchkiss Park in Prospect, Connecticut, during the holyContinue Reading

Above the aquamarine-colored doors, the brick face of Hartford’s Grace Lutheran Church rises tall to a bell tower and steepleContinue Reading

Five stones lie in a perfect circle in a cemetery in Gaylordsville, Connecticut. And people have claimed to feel unusualContinue Reading

“Welcome to The Mall! You’ve reentered the building because one of you has lost their wallet, and their keys toContinue Reading

I was at the tail end of seventh grade when my father was diagnosed with a blood cancer called MultipleContinue Reading