RASHA MADKOUR | The Seattle Times

February 7, 2016 at 6:00 am

‘When Breath Becomes Air’: a doctor’s quest to find meaning | Book review

Neurosurgeon Paul Kalanithi’s “When Breath Becomes Air,” a memoir of his experience with brain cancer, recounts a doctor’s quest to find meaning in both work...

September 3, 2015 at 8:49 am

US Muslims hope new billboards reclaim Islam’s message

BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of billboards with Muslim themes are sprouting nationwide, proclaiming what organizers say is the true message of Islam and its prophet,...

Nation & World

May 30, 2014 at 6:15 am

‘An Untamed State’: a brutal kidnapping and its aftermath

A poignant new book by debut novelist Roxane Gay begins with these haunting words: “Once upon a time, in a far off land, I was...

October 7, 2013 at 10:02 am

Malcolm Gladwell book cheers underdogs

"David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants" (Little, Brown and Company), by Malcolm Gladwell

October 31, 2011 at 7:03 pm

Squirmy toddler? There’s an app for that

Mobile electronic baby sitters?

October 26, 2011 at 10:08 am

Squirmy toddler? There’s an app for that

There's a new routine these days whenever Amber Mullaney goes out to eat at a restaurant. While waiting to be seated, she asks her husband...

Local News

May 15, 2011 at 1:14 pm

Miami imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban

An elderly Miami imam and two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, while three...

Nation & World

May 15, 2011 at 12:59 am

Miami imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban

A 76-year-old Miami imam and two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, while three...

Nation & World

August 5, 2010 at 7:00 pm

Finding ways to include children in Ramadan

Many parents around the country are getting their children involved in Ramadan traditions well before the wee ones are old enough to participate in the...

February 20, 2010 at 7:00 pm

‘The Patience Stone’: A repository for fear, hope and sorrow

A review of "The Patience Stone," Atiq Rahimi's fable of an Afghan woman who shares her hopes, dreams and memories with her brain-dead husband.