by rchakaki | Jul 5, 2014 | Ramblings
Last night, my 20 year old son came home in a solemn mood. One of his dear school friends had passed in an operating room from complications. We spoke of death, funerals and post funeral customs and how people of different cultures observe it. Ssome celebrate it...
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 | May 9, 2013 | Ramblings
A few years back I read this quote in the US National Newseum photography exhibit section: “If it makes you laugh, if it makes you cry, if it rips out your heart, that’s a good picture” Eddie Adams Since then, I’ve been so conscious of the...
by rchakaki | Jan 15, 2013 | Ramblings
The WAY 2 Gaza is PEACE. The people and children of Gaza are peaceful .. We live it through our actions, we share Palestinian stories of peace, love, kindness, solidarity, humanity. Last week, I hiked in Kuwait with a group of Kuwaiti, Palestinian and British youth;...