Tag Archives: Hurricane Katrina
Follow Friday: The Legacy of Gilbert Academy, New Orleans
Last week I read Zeitoun, Dave Eggers’ 2009 narrative of a Muslim family living in New Orleans and what happened to them during and after Hurricane Katrina. In its pages, I recognized many of the places described from my own family … Continue reading
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Acts of Nature
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1GrnE05aBA] My heart goes out to our brothers and sisters in Haiti, dealing with the devastating effects of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, the strongest in 200 years. I listened to the news this morning on the radio in my kitchen … Continue reading
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