Many people didn’t know what Pakistan was. Right after 9/11, they did…
Read MoreThe world outside, though foreign, is also mine…
Read MoreI was mortified to learn that a Tokyo Christmas meant cozying up over a bucket of KFC…
Read MoreThen there was the McDonald’s birthday trend. Uncle Sam had muscled his way into the Karachi youth’s minds, and a Happy Meal and rides on colorful slides were the dream in the late 90s. I didn’t have one, but I was invited to one. It was an utter disappointment...
Read MoreThe second or third day after the earthquake, I sat in my apartment and realized the training my family and I did in Germany was no different from the onboard aircraft evacuation training I went through over the years. "Take nothing that will slow you down. Run, run far and don't look back..."
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