I attended Texas A&M University, which is well known for maintaining traditions to form a strong sense of community among its students (past, present, and future). Before even stepping onto campus, students attend a summer camp learning the histor...

“I’m thankful for the way our U.S. team has had such unity,” I commented in a debrief of our youth camp run by mainly national workers. “I guess I’m even more thankful, however, for the way you Middle Eastern workers have had such unity,” I contin...

Sirens blared as my family and I huddled in our basement. The electricity flickered and snapped off. Outside, tornado winds raced through our neighborhood, uprooting trees, folding trampolines in half like tacos, and scattering debris everywhere.

Usually, I am pretty content.