After September 11 there was feeling obligated to respond, and allow other people to set the terms of the conversation. There was this ritualistic condemnation of terrorism. I'm not saying that that's unimportant, but it became the case that the… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
There are companies like Facebook that wield tremendous power over how Americans understand the world. Do they have a social responsibility now? That's the question we're only beginning to ask. Literature still has this power to do things that other… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
I have no expertise of other religious traditions so I'm not going to opine on them, but in Islam the more you know about… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
If you are an American Muslim, you live in a community that is really struggling to get its feet off the ground. We're a… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
“Islam was no longer a straitjacket into which I forced myself, nor a nonnative language I learned from others around me, but a grammar… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
Writing something down and processing it, sitting with a text and a story, editing and rewriting new drafts - that entire process helps clarify… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
The one thing that's missing from the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and I don't imagine we'll see it any time soon, is that there's… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
It's been nineteen days since I've had a suicidal impulse. One of the things that pulls me back is I think to myself, and… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
“I was the kid who made a beeline for the library when the last bell rang, but also harder, because how do you define… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
Humour is a way of relating and connecting to people, especially when you're a minority or misunderstood. It has the power that other forms… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
You aim comedy up. If comedy is aimed down, you're a jerk. You laugh at the powerful as a way of bringing them down… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
After September 11 there was feeling obligated to respond, and allow other people to set the terms of the conversation. There was this ritualistic… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
My initial fear was that Trump would be something in the order of an American fascist, be militaristic and aggressive. My take on it… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
There are times when I think being bipolar gives me the ability to see and want and write things that other people cannot and… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
I'm looking at my window right now and it's a perfect blue sky. And if you ask people about Sept. 11, the one thing… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image