Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

If we try to 'protect ourselves', our nation-states begin to look like prisons.

What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around me at the Gothic buildings - younger, I later learned, than many of the mosques of this city, but made through acid treatment and ingenious stone-masonry to look older.

Which is stronger, politics or love? is like asking, Which is stronger, exhaling or inhaling? They are two sides of the same thing.

The monolithic view that many Americans have of Pakistani culture is as inaccurate as the monolithic view that many Pakistanis have of American culture.

Religion is not something I like to talk about publicly. One reason is the politics, but also I think spirituality is deeply personal.

Literature helps us transcend ourselves.