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Category: New York City

November 4, 2020November 7, 2020 maryahc

At Liberty’s Back

October 25, 2020October 31, 2020 maryahc

The Palisades and the Great Grey Bridge

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 maryahc

“Cold Comfort” returns

September 20, 2020October 3, 2020 maryahc

Central Park and Shakespeare’s Garden

July 26, 2020August 20, 2020 maryahc

Eagle Rock Walk

July 13, 2020August 20, 2020 maryahc

Short Hills In the Trees

March 9, 2020March 20, 2020 maryahc

For 6+ Years, I’ve Only Wanted One President. I’m Just So Heartbroken

January 27, 2020January 28, 2020 maryahc

The Death of Kobe Bryant and the Slow Rise of Positive Masculinity

November 6, 2019November 7, 2019 maryahc

Cheryl Strayed Picked ME!

September 2, 2019May 15, 2020 maryahc

The History of Labor Day Is the History of Me

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 maryahc

The Dark Side of one Daughter of the American Revolution

May 31, 2019 maryahc

Walt Whitman, the Introvert, and the Spider

April 16, 2019April 15, 2019 maryahc

“a mediocre white man”

March 15, 2019March 15, 2019 maryahc

Today, Muslims in Your City Will Be Afraid (and Angry, Too)

December 22, 2018 maryahc

Huddled Masses Yearning

December 16, 2018 maryahc

I Learned My Manners In Thailand

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 maryahc

Why Some Young UUs Leave

September 5, 2018September 24, 2018 maryahc

“Terrorist Alert” Reprint

July 29, 2018 maryahc

The Straw’s Not the Thing

May 27, 2018 maryahc

American Ramadan: a media sampling

March 9, 2018 maryahc

Initial Questions on Teaching Arabic To LGBTQIA Students

January 28, 2018January 13, 2019 maryahc

My Teacher Margie

January 14, 2018 maryahc

“Cold Comfort”

December 2, 2017 maryahc

What I’ve Learned Since That Racist Thing I Said About Locs

November 10, 2017 maryahc

A Veterans Day story 

August 31, 2017September 1, 2017 maryahc

The Heroes of Houston

August 15, 2017August 21, 2017 maryahc

After Charlottesville: Now What?

July 26, 2017July 27, 2017 maryahc

Teaching Arabic in a Time of Trump

June 26, 2017July 9, 2017 maryahc

StorySlam: Students Hate You. Till They Don’t 

April 19, 2017August 21, 2017 maryahc

Refugees I’ve Known: Hussam Al Roustom

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