by rchakaki | Dec 24, 2013 | #live2give, Ramblings
Maria’s smile was the best gift I received this Christmas. Maria is seven years young. She can’t wait to go the USA, so she can run and play with other kids like she used to. Five months ago she was walking with her mom in their neighborhood in a...
by rchakaki | Aug 15, 2013 | #live2give, Ramblings
Today felt heavy. I woke up at dawn, and prayed for the life of Amir Bedier. A man I had only heard of yesterday, when his brother and my friend Ahmed sent out this message: “Urgent please make dua for my brother Amir, who was just shot in the chest inside the...
by rchakaki | Jul 6, 2013 | Ramblings, Social Business
Spending 4 hours on the King Hussein border can be beneficial after all! I met a Palestinian-American (Wissam) who was visiting Palestine to evaluate a unique social initiative a friend of his started. We talked briefly, and met later in Ramallah. Amal came with...
by rchakaki | Jul 26, 2012 | Ramblings
A few years ago a dear friend lost her beautiful 13 year young daughter to cancer, Allah bless her soul. Despite how much it pained me to see her go through it, I felt helpless, I couldn’t reach out to console her with words. I prayed that one day I would be...
by rchakaki | Aug 21, 2010 | Ramblings
I read once that as working men and women, we risk defining ourselves by our jobs. When we lose a job, we lose sense of who we are. I was very conscious of the fact, and held on to who I was despite positions I held over the years. However, when it came to my...
