Forget the post prandial thanksgiving walk! It’s too cold outside. Try a post-dinner dance party instead. Thanksgiving dinner was a global affair at our house with friends hailing from across…
A Three-Part Video Series: Part Three With growing racial and religious strife in the US, the religious tolerance of Sierra Leone offers hope we can change. Part three of this video…
How to Build Positive Muslim Christian Relationships Three-Part Video Series: Part Two In a time when the current administration is telling Muslim members of Congress to go back to their…
A Three-Part Video Series: Part One With the arrival of another major holiday—this time, Eid al-Fitr, the feast that breaks the Ramadan fast—I feel uneasy. Gatherings for major religious holidays…
Celebrating the successes of successful Asylum Seekers means adding new things to your entertaining repertoire. Enter the Chapman Cocktail from Nigeria.
One of my favorite things to do is riff on a recipe. My “recipe” for Injera Rollups is a perfect example. In Ethiopian restaurants, Injera is the spongy pancake you…
I wasn’t looking forward to Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving was the first major holiday since my mother, Marion Wetzel, died in May, two days after her 91st birthday. I was certain Thanksgiving…
I was very excited at the prospect of picking up Mahmud at the detention center, after he received asylum. I felt like a tour guide introducing him to a kinder,…
Dinner with two recent Ethiopian Asylees shine a light on Americans’ curious personification of pets. One of the most puzzling American habits to those new the USA is our treatment…
