by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 22, 2014 | Things Left Unsaid
In three days of fundraising, we’ve raised over $20,000 for Adnan’s legal defense fund. I am incredibly grateful for the kindness and generosity of both friends and strangers, and we’ve only just begun. If you enjoy my blog, and get something out of...
by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 19, 2014 | Serial Episodes
I don’t deny I am relieved that Serial is over. Not that it wasn’t a tremendous expose on Adnan’s case, and the result of so much time and effort by Sarah and her team which I’ll always appreciate, and its literally breathed new life into...
by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 12, 2014 | Serial Episodes
“FITNAH”: Arabic word denoting a trial, tribulation, difficulty, chaos, hypocrisy, confusing truth with falsehood, disagreement among people, persecution. Fitnah can be a situation, a thing, and even a person. “RUMOR”: A currently...
by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 9, 2014 | Serial Episodes, Things Left Unsaid
Having never had an actual conversation with Cristina Gutierrez, I can’t say for sure how she felt about Adnan or his guilt or innocence. It would seem, from Episode 10, that she was broken up after the trial which could have been from either from her believing...
by Rabia Chaudry | Dec 8, 2014 | Serial Episodes
The thing about racism, xenophobia, gender bias, age discrimination, and a host of other prejudices is that unless you’re part of the target group, its very hard to get it. The past few weeks have been gut wrenching as grand juries in the murders of both...
