HEARTLINES

If you know me, you know I don’t often read romance books. The shallow characters, lack of depth in conversations, and over-the-top sensuality in many of them usually turn me away. And don’t even get me...

Three Palestinian women. Three timelines. Three points of view. 1990. Palestine. Sixteen-year-old Isra is married off to Adam, an older man who lives in Brooklyn, New York. It’s an arranged marriage that...

What My Mother Taught Me About Money (And Why It Still Matters Today) With Mother’s Day around the corner, I find myself thinking a lot about my mom. I’ve been meaning to write about her for...

There are already so many blogs out there that you might wonder—why would anyone, in their right mind, start another one? I asked myself a lot of questions before taking the plunge: Will my blog find...