Long-time readers of this column know my story: I arrived in Virginia as a refugee from Afghanistan and went on to become a proud American and educator. But what you don’t know is that I spent most of my life sitting at my family dining table, staring at my mother and wondering if she’d be t…
Ask most immigrants why they uprooted their lives to come here, and many will say it was to give their children a better future.
What one limitation on our governor makes Virginia unique among all the 50 states? Give up?
In late summer 1862, the Union Army of Virginia, created by President Abraham Lincoln to protect Northern Virginia and shield Washington, collided with Confederate forces west of Bull Run in Prince William County.
Could I have done more?
Lunch boxes and notebooks are replacing pool toys in stores, pallets of mums are waiting to be planted, and social media is filling up with first day of school pictures. There is no denying that we are in the last days of summer.
Not that many years ago, the best way to find out about businesses in town would be through your local newspaper.
Like many of you, I watched with horror the video of shots fired at former President Donald Trump that killed an innocent rally goer and wounded others, along with former President Trump himself earlier this month.
In response to Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, InsideNoVa asked two prominent Prince William County political figures – from different sides of the aisle – to write guest columns this week about their reaction w…
Schools must be a place where kids feel free to learn. This week, Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued an executive order directing the Virginia Department of Education to craft guidance for localities on having phone-free learning environments.
Every year on the Fourth of July, my family and I watch in awe as glittering fireworks light up the sky. We are so lucky to be living in this great country– a place where we are free to think, speak and pursue our dreams without fear.
Philadelphia was unusually hot during the summer of 1776. The temperature was in the 90s, and the humidity was oppressive.
Prince William County officials are considering a path few other localities in Virginia have dared to tread: hiring panhandlers to pick up trash and debris instead of soliciting for sawbucks and more on county roads.
In Tuesday’s primaries, no fewer than 29 candidates were seeking to fill Northern Virginia’s two competitive congressional seats, currently held by Jennifer Wexton and Abigail Spanberger.
Earlier this year, Apple implemented an update that requires advertisers, including small businesses like mine, to pay a 30% fee to boost posts on platforms like Facebook and Instagram.
Thirty years ago, I graduated from high school. My school days were pretty low-tech; the sound of the dot-matrix printer quietly screeching as it went line by line on spooled pin-driven paper was about as sophisticated as it got.
When my brother, Neale, and I began our careers in Northern Virginia’s telecom industry in the 1990s, the life of the American worker was undergoing a profound shift.
When my family and I escaped the war in Afghanistan in 1981 we had nothing. We had left our material possessions behind to pursue safety in Pakistan, but we still felt unsafe after crossing the border.
An open letter to all the dads out there on Mother's Day.
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