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In Community/ Family

Homeless: Myself In Disguise

13 April 2013 By Amber Safa

Today I felt that same staggering sensation I'd known almost seventeen years ago, that I am poised on a razor's edge, on one side humbled by the knowledge of…

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In Friendship/ Spirituality

Listening To The Voice Of Love

21 September 2012 By Amber Safa

It's through faith and knowledge of God's qualities that I can also recognize "who he is not". By comparing the story I am listening to with the qualities of…

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In Body Image/ Love

Learning To Love My Body

16 September 2012 By Amber Safa

This is my latest battle strategy for the war being waged in my heart: the struggle to love my body and greet each little inch with gratitude and joy.…

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In Politics

Focusing On The Good And Beautiful

15 September 2012 By Amber Safa

Western society invests a tremendous amount of intellectual capital into pointing out mistakes, analyzing mistakes, and planning how to correct mistakes. By contrast, the highest course of action in…

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In Love

Arranged Marriage

18 December 2011 By Amber Safa

I can't help observing that left to our own devices, we make terrible decisions in love as often as not. We take for granted in our culture that we're…

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In Identity/ Politics

Kayak.com & The “Newer Americans”

15 December 2011 By Amber Safa

This "early Europeans" and "newer Americans who include many religions" dichotomy is sloppy thinking that does not reflect the complex realities of ancestry, identity and faith in the 21st…

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In Love/ Politics

9/11 – Some Thoughts On Healing

11 September 2011 By Amber Safa

As a person who lived in New York before, during and after 9/11, I feel like I have some ground to stand on when I say, yes it was…

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In Identity/ Politics

Open Letter To Mona Eltahawy

19 April 2011 By Amber Safa

Mona, I am disappointed in you. I fear your comments reveal an underlying belief that when a woman makes a lifestyle choice that is different than your own, it's…

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In Spirituality/ Travel/ Vignettes

Crying On A Plane

13 March 2011 By Amber Safa

Flying out of Redding this afternoon, I cried like a baby, seriously believing I might die. We took off through a crazy windstorm, and our winky little plane was…

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In Environment/ Politics

BP Oil Spill: Plug The Leak Already!

14 May 2010 By Amber Safa

As big government and big business drag their feet, crude oil has been spewing into the ocean for 25 days, at the rate of 200,000 gallons of oil a…

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Just a 30-something hopeless dreamer with a bad case of wanderlust, currently adventuring through Southern Europe. Random things I love: tea, medieval history, visual arts, shiny red nail polish!

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