Maya

Finding God in Change

With a last name like Salam, I’m frequently asked if I’m Muslim. The answer is no, but I gave it a try when I was 10. As a young girl I watched my grandparents and uncles pray – it was a mesmerizing, intriguing process even though I had no understanding of God.

Seeing Stars: an immigrant’s chart of the sky

How often do you think about the stars and the universe, and their role in…

Reminding ourselves ‘this is about love

Coming out to myself took a sensible, ahem, 20 years. Coming out to everyone else…

Coming Clean: growing up gay and Arab in the South

What’s gay, Arab, and spent impressionable adolescence in a backwards Kentucky town? OK, I’m more…