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Visions of Peace Through Art
The eldest of six children and the peacemaker in the family, Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz is the…
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The Importance of Empowering Others
Last week, I received notice that my feature documentary, The Great American Family, won an IndieFEST…
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U.S. Soldier Fights ISIS
ABC Nightline and CBS’ 60 Minutes did a segment about US Soldier Brett Felton, whose courage…
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The Moral Premise
“Every commercially successful story, be it a movie or novel, has at its heart a true…
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Trusting What Comes
Her father was a taxi driver and her mother a stay-at-home mom. He supported his six…
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The Oud Player
It was Nineveh Cultural Night. As I set my books on the author table, I heard…
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Literary Atmospheres
Literary atmospheres are important at home and outside it. Writing is a solitary act and being…
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Encouraging and Fostering Writers
Once a retired professor of Middle Eastern Studies said to me that the highest thing any…
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Conversations in Silence
Narenda (Nick) was a customer at a family video store I managed for 12 years, called…
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Chaldeans and The Theosophical Society
There are times when we stumble upon places that feel like home. These places may have…