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Ten Years Ago: The 9/11 post

Ten years ago. TEN. Blue skies. Slightly crisp air. A normal day. At home, on hold for a tri-regional conference call with the TV on. News reports a plane hit the towers. I saw and thought, immediately, that is NOT an accident. When you’re from New York, you know that you can’t hit the towers or any other building by accident. You typically fly up one of the rivers, high above the city, but close enough that you can easily identify the towering buildings. But no, you can’t accidentally hit one. Not possible.

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30mosques

30 Mosques: Ramadan Roadtrip 2011 Plans!

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no-money

A New and Affordable Professional Development Opportunity

I have spoken with many people this past year who have not been able to afford to attend the national NAFSA conference in Vancouver, or the Forum on Education Abroad’s gathering that recently took place in Boston.

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Steve Moore FBI Melibee Global Speaker

Interview with Steve Moore (Retired FBI Agent): Safety Abroad After Osama bin Laden is Killed

Steve Moore and I spoke about his perspective on the bin Laden killing and Steve’s time in the FBI as a SWAT operator with sniper certification, Supervisor of Al-Quaeda investigations for the LA field office and as a case agent for bombing of the US consulate in Karachi.

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Osama bin Laden Dead – Where Does One Begin?

The news is jaw dropping. It is raw, huge. It fills the room, the country, the world. Osama bin-Laden is dead. I wrote a blog post just a few days ago about teachable moments with the tenth anniversary of 9/11 in mind.

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911peace

Top 5 Teachable Moments: The 10th “Anniversary” of 9/11

This is a tough post for me to write. It is nearly impossible to imagine that it has been a decade since the terrorist attacks of 9/11.

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missyarndradio

Podcast: Confronting Religious and Cultural Hatred

I had the pleasure of participating in a radio interview with Arnd Wächter and Dr. David Owusu-Ansah on Tom Graham’s “Virginia Insight”show.

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GreenDeenbook

Ibrahim Abdul-Matin: “When You’re Asked About Terrorism, Talk About Water”

Some people are put on this planet to be heard. Ibrahim Abdul-Matin is one of those people. I am left wondering, “If we could only figure out a way to channel his generous and informed energy, I think we’d be able to solve some of the world’s energy issues!”

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Interview with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

I had the unique opportunity of sitting down, one on one, with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Please enjoy this our conversation:

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Weeping Alongside Rep. Keith Ellison Today

Representative Keith Ellison, the US’s first Muslim American elected to Congress, wept today as he shared the story of Mohammed Salman Habdani, a young Muslim-American who died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.

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