What did he need a grandfather for, anyway? He had a wonderful life. In fact, his life was so good it sometimes frightened him.
“[W]hen I barely knew how to speak Wolof, my mother tongue, I had been enrolled in a school to learn Arabic and the Qur’an. As it...
It’s like we’re cursed. Like that day was a judgement. It was a hammer that struck us all, and either forged us into something better, or...
The information below is based on what is known as of writing this post on December 15, 2020. References to trials unless otherwise specified are to...
Wide eyed, Ivana spun and extended the ojbect she'd been holding. Omar saw that it was not a pen, but a small, gold-plated handgun. Pointing straight...
How do you live a religious life when religion feels far away and inaccessible to you? For me, growing up in Britain, I came across plenty...
As tense and agonizing as these unending election days have been, it pales in comparison to the last four years. I plainly remember how it all...
The driver whistled. “Waow. You some big politico? So watchu gonna do about the foreigners snatchin’ our jobs? The Chinos?”
A security guard - a long-faced, muscular man - stared at him disconcertingly. Omar frowned. Why would the security staff be suspicious of him?
Behind them, the city was burning. Omar and a thousand others descended into the cave, led by the red-robed Saviors.
