I write to you, America, as a Muslim-American who is frustrated at seeing both sides of my identity spreading myths about each other. In part one of this two part article, I address America from a Muslim perspective. In part two, which will follow in the coming weeks, I shall...

Humility
Humility. In the Golden City of Jerusalem, humility drifted in my ears and made my soul shiver at sunset, as I looked out at the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, hearing the most beautiful azaan (Arab-Muslim call to prayer). I submitted body and mind at the...

Our stake in Kashmir is a very personal one. It's the place of our ancestry and everyone outside our immediate family resides there. For the last twenty years, my brother and I have witnessed first-hand the devastating toll taken by violence on our loved ones, the people, the entire culture...

Hey world,

Mo here, current Fulbright Scholar and drummer of Kashmiri/NYC band Zerobridge, reporting to you from Tangier, Morocco. Today's question: "Do Arabs rock?" Yes, they do. I witnessed a crazy show by the Moroccan Metal band called WANTED in the Cinema Rif. The place was packed. Young Arabs...

During his presidential campaign, President Obama publicly stated that peace in South Asia and Afghanistan would need to incorporate some kind of resolution on the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan.

The then presidential candidate rightly stated, "We should probably try to facilitate a better understanding between Pakistan and India...

Earlier this week, Hamas indiscriminately launched a series of rocket attacks into Israel, tragically killing an Israeli. (Another second Israeli was killed in rocket fire on Monday.) On Saturday, the Israeli air force dropped over a 100 tons of bombs onto Gaza Strip in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, OPT, often...

I recall being in Kashmir during the winter of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant's attack on the Indian parliament in 2001. Fighter jets ripped through the crisp sky towards the Line of Control, LoC, separating Indian and Pakistan. Soldiers on the streets gripped their guns, eyes red with fear. Kashmiris waited, helplessly....

Despite Kashmiri separatists' calls for a boycott of the Indian run state elections in Jammu and Kashmir this month, preliminary data from the first stage of the seven stage election process shows Kashmiris in many districts have come out to vote in high numbers. The Election Commission said 64 %...

Recently India and Pakistan formally reopened a trade route previously closed for over 60 years in the disputed territory of Kashmir. The media has been awash with public statements by officials in the region rightly noting the potential benefits of reopening the trade route now linking the two rival nuclear...