Maternity leave? What maternity leave? The news never sleeps so four days after giving birth to my second child, I found myself making my CNN New Day weekend debut. I spoke about Trump’s first overseas trip which kicked off in Saudia Arabia where Trump, in addition to signing a multi-billion dollar arms deal with the Kingdom, […]
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I have some very happy news to share with you, my Dear Readers: I am nine months pregnant! I am expected to deliver any day now, inshallah. As my husband, our daughter, and our two cats get ready for the impending arrival of the newest member of our family, I will be beginning my maternity
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I made my CNN International debut last week, and I guess the cat is officially out of the bag: I am 9 months pregnant. But that was not the topic of my segment which was something else that I love to talk about: the corruption of the Trump Administration appointing Ivanka as whatever they feel
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*This post of mine is published on CNN.* As the President got ready to sell his latest executive order to the American public, an overhaul of the H-1B skilled worker visa program, under his “Buy American, Hire American” slogan, Ivanka Trump appeared to be busy protecting the real emerald of the Trump family’s vast business
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*This post of mine is published on The Huffington Post & The Daily Ittefaq.* Days after America’s first military strikes on Syria the only coherent message we are getting from the Trump administration is that they have no clear policy beyond their initial attack against the Syrian government. As U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson and
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This week’s PBS’ To The Contrary honestly felt like one of or strongest episodes. There was less shouting, mainly due to the absence of a certain panelist, and more substantive conversation about policy and politics. We tackled Gorsuch and the GOP going “nuclear” over his nomination for the Supreme Court, what he means for women’s reproductive
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I was truly honored to be asked to host the South Asian America Digital Archive’s (SAADA) event this year which was held in Philadelphia at the beautiful Historic Society of Pennsylvania. This year’s theme was #WhereWeBelong and it could not have been better timed given the rise of hate crimes, xenophobia, and white supremacy in
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*This post of mine is published on CNN.* Despite previously stating that she would not take on an official role in her father’s administration, Ivanka Trump is now moving into an advisory position in the White House. Just like Donald Trump, Ivanka has significant conflicts of interests — both nationally and internationally — to navigate around,
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*This post of mine is published in The New York Times/Women in the World.* “Pro-Hijab,” Nike’s new performance hijab line, specifically designed for Muslim women athletes, will not officially be in stores until the spring of 2018, but its extensive marketing campaign is already under way. As the sports apparel giant turns to the Middle East for
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Never a dull moment in Washington these days, but last week I returned to CNN to talk about Republican versus Democratic leadership. With the Democrats voting in Tom Perez over Keith Elison, who is both Muslim and African-American, there is no denying that there was an initial feeling of being let down as the latter was
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