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About Me

I'm a nonfiction writer. Why? Because life's too crazy to make things up.My inspiration, "... Man can have nothing but what he strives for: And that his striving will soon be seen. Then he will be rewarded for it with the fullest reward: And that to thy Lord is the goal." --Al-Najm: The Star 53: 39 - 42I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com

My Blog

GO SEE THE EXPRESS

I don't usually do this but I have to send out an appeal for you to go see "The Express" opening tomorrow, Oct. 10. It's a really entertaining movie and an interesting story that was long overdue to b...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:59:00 GMT

ME ON NPR

Well everybody, I did it. I made it on air. Hearing myself on the car radio Monday, while driving my nephews home to New Jersey after a weekend visit, I just couldn't believe it. My mouth was wid...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:40:00 GMT

THIS I BELIEVE

The part I'm always going to remember about recording my essay for NPR's "This I Believe" is hearing the white producer, Jay Allison, tell me how to say, "I am black, I am proud..." with conviction. C...
Posted by on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:40:00 GMT

THE HIP-HOP ANIMATOR

Whattup, peoples? So I did a piece for this online magazine called Streetz. It was started by some Howard students so all you HU alum, you better support. Anyway, the article is on an animator named T...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:45:00 GMT

Black Experience Featured in New Virtual Museum

Oops, I'm posting this story of mine really late but better late than never. Check it out....Black Experience Featured in New Virtual MuseumCrisis, The, Winter 2008 by Abdur-Rahman, SufiyaThe Smiths...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:22:00 GMT

RIP TIM

Well, this is a sad, sad day. My boy Tim Russert has passed away. Now it seems that everybody is realizing what a great journalist he was. So now you know why every Sunday morning I was near a TV, it ...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:10:00 GMT

MY BABY’S GOING TO AFRICA

Check it out fans and supporters, one half of Collective Words Inc. is going to Ghana. That's right, my baby got second runner-up (that's third place for all those confused) in the Africana fiction co...
Posted by on Tue, 27 May 2008 19:11:00 GMT

WRITERS STRIKE OVER, WHOOP-DE-DOO

I know I'm a writer and all but who cares that the television writers strike is over when politics are on primetime every night? Primaries and debates and speeches, oh my! I love election season. Can'...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:46:00 GMT

BLACK THURSDAY

The events of yesterday made me feel a little prouder than usual to be black. No, it wasn't because Rev. Al and Jesse managed to scrounge more face time on CNN and MSNBC, adding yet another ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:20:00 GMT

READ A BOOK

Delay of Fame Bomani "D'mite" Armah knew his satirical rap "Read a Book" would be a hit when he wrote it. So why did he shelve it for so long? By Sufiya Abdur-RahmanPosted: August 29, 2007 Almost im...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:33:00 GMT