‘The Kite Runner’ Pulls at the Heart at the Kennedy Center
• June 27, 2024

By Hailey Wharram White paper kites pepper an azure Kabul skyline as Amir (Ramzi Khalaf) delivers the searing opening line of “The Kite Runner”: “I became what I am today […]

At the Keegan: ‘The Team Room’ Honors Special Ops Warriors
• October 12, 2023

By Hailey Wharram “The Team Room,” a play written by Bill Raskin, follows a group of Green Berets in the moments immediately preceding and after the devastating events of Sept. […]

Wild Thistle Kitchen: Afghan Scrambled Eggs with Naan
• April 21, 2022

Afghan Scrambled Eggs with Afghan Naan (Khagina with Noni Afghani) It doesn’t get much better than these spicy, fragrant scrambled eggs served alongside fresh, warm flatbread. My favorite recipes are […]

Heartbreak: Mourning the Loss of 13 Service Members
• August 30, 2021

August is the cruelest month. Especially so for the families of the thirteen young service men and women killed in what many experts said was an inevitable yet preventable act […]

How to Help Afghan Refugees: Donations Accepted at Berliner, Lapis
• August 19, 2021

The takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban has triggered a rush of refugees from that Central Asian nation. In Washington, D.C., friends of the Afghan people are asking how they […]

9/11: The Day of the Fallen and Heroes, No One Else
• September 10, 2019

Every year, we remember the day: September 11. Every year, it arrives, less and less with large and loud ceremony, more and more in the closets of memory, distanced a little, […]