This is not an apology or an attempt to speak for a community. This is just one voice of interpretation among many. All of us in America were united in our horror, fear and heartache for the victims of the terror attacks in Boston. Fear and frustration eventually set in...

Upon returning to the South Bronx after a summer working in the townships of South Africa with communities affected by HIV/AIDS, I had an epiphany: the 'third world' problems are actually in the backyard of the so-called developed world -- the backyard of American cities and towns. As an American...

In the aftermath of the tragic attack of the US Embassy in Libya that claimed several US diplomats' lives, American flags burn across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, in over 12 countries. Many non-Muslim Americans are asking themselves: "why are they so enraged about an amateur film?;...

In American media today, when we read of double games with Islamic militants, power struggles between the military and civilian government, and daily terrorist attacks and drone strikes, one country comes to our minds... Pakistan. Pakistan at times seems to be worse off than Afghanistan and certainly it seems Pakistanis...

Earlier this year, myself and 11 other young leaders from North America and Europe were invited by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations to travel to three countries in the Middle East and North Africa to meet with government officials and youth leaders in order to develop networks and partnerships...

A tweet from a 23-year-old Saudi Arabian journalist about the Prophet Muhammad reads, "I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you. I will not pray for you," (Tweet reported from AFP). Another tweet reported by...

In 2011, there were few on the outside who could find space for optimism with Pakistan, even some of my Pakistani friends living in the States. "People there just don't want anything to work. What the hell is wrong with us? It's our own damn fault," a Pakistani-American friend tells...

Last summer in Kashmir, a disputed territory contested between nuclear rivals India and Pakistan, bullets were shot for stones thrown, leaving over 100 protesters dead. Having just returned from Kashmir this summer, I was made aware of the fatigue and mistrust that permeates the streets of Kashmir today,...

Myself and my brother (from the New York based indie rock band zerobridge), just finished playing our first zerobridge rock and roll concert in Kashmir as part of a program we've independently put to together for cultural exchange and peace in Kashmir, India.

Kashmir a disputed territory...

Brave and bloodied,
Minds worn, clothes torn,
Tired eyed- visionary women and men in Egypt's Tahrir square prayed outside on concrete.
Suddenly, they rose up.
The dictator who colonized their hopes and dreams for 30 years has stepped down.

A people's revolution, a youth, have overpowered...

Setting fire to his helplessness and humiliation, a 26-year-old shop keeper engulfed himself in flames, thereby initiating unprecedented popular rebellion in Tunisia that ended the country's 23 year political oppression under Ben Ali. Weeks later, a 25-year-old unemployed Egyptian, among others, also set himself alight, bringing the world's attention to...

India and the U.S have begun solidifying their "commonality of interests" this week as President Barack Obama heads to the South Asia region. "India and the United States have never mattered more to each other," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said this week. "As the world's two largest democracies, we...

It started with the murder of one Kashmiri boy in June. Three months later, security forces have now killed over 90 more Kashmiris. Kashmiri civil society continues to march for justice and accountability, despite a violent crackdown by state security forces. Additionally, Kashmiris face the growing threat of the spread...

An open letter to my America and my Islam, my Muslim world.

DEAR AMERICA
Dear America I love you, but you're bringing me down. A billion of me look up to you but you turn the other way, with your attention...

While Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao had met with her Pakistani counterpart, Salman Basir, for talks last month, Kashmiris have been mourning the widespread murders of Kashmiri youth by state security forces, some 15 people this past month. The murders have sparked the largest civil protests by Kashmiris in the...

I write to you, my Muslim community, as a Muslim, as an American, and more importantly, as a member of a collective humanity. I know that we as Muslims are frustrated at our community. I see the world and our Muslim community plagued by murder, poverty, war, and political turmoil,...

I write to you, my Muslim community, as a Muslim, as an American, and most importantly, as a member of a collective humanity.

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...