Category: Immigration
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The Bravery of Our Past Selves

And what we’d say if we could send them messages I was going to write about something else today but my self-of-one-year-ago kept popping up so I decided to write about her instead. Raja and I have gone through such a major transition – moving from Jordan to the US – in the last year…
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What Immigration Forms Don’t Capture About Love & Marriage

December 2020-Amman, Jordan It is morning again. The sun is mercifully warm enough, for December, when I sit directly in it. There are only two times I can feel warm in a day: when sitting in the morning sun, next to my husband who’s wearing his blue pajamas, looking for Palestine sunbirds out the window,…

–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…