Seeing Nora Everywhere

“This Is My Life” is the movie that made me want to make movies. I first saw it in second grade, so I wouldn’t have articulated it as such, but that’s what was going on. I…
PUBLISHED: June 28, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1860 words)

Whitney Houston Opens Up About Her Marriage, the Pressures of Fame and More

February 12, 2012 12:35 AM ET Whitney Houston attends the 13th Annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Benefit Gala in 1993. Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage
PUBLISHED: Feb. 12, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1092 words)

A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

I grew up as an only child, with a single mother. Because we were poor and because I knew my father had emigrated from Syria, I imagined he looked like Omar Sharif. I…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 30, 2011
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2362 words)
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