Ayeda Ayed is a Toronto-based Palestinian-Canadian expert on the culture of the Arab-speaking world.  A performer herself, she describes the Palestinian music scene and its most significant women musicians.

Dr. Adel Manna, academic and author, talks about the mounting challenges of being a member of the 20% minority of Palestinian Arabs who are also citizens of Israel.

Dr. Adel Manna, academic and author, talks about the mounting challenges of being a member of the 20% minority of Palestinian Arabs who are also citizens of Israel.

I speak with psychotherapist Avigail Abarbanel who explains how she would analyze the Israeli nation.

I speak with psychotherapist Avigail Abarbanel who explains how she would analyze the Israeli nation.

Lucia René, author, mystic and ordained Buddhist monk speaks about her new book Unplugging the Patriarchy: A mystical journey into the heart of a new age.

Lucia René, author, mystic and ordained Buddhist monk speaks about her new book Unplugging the Patriarchy: A mystical journey into the heart of a new age.

I ask healthcare professionals what it's like to be dying and how much we can ever know about that experience.

I ask healthcare professionals what it’s like to be dying and how much we can ever know about that experience.

“There’s No Such Place As Home!” I conclude in a conversation with two schoolfriends who, like me, grew up in India and Pakistan and, like me, are third culture kids, also known as global nomads.  Photos and text on blog.