Obaid H. Siddiqui, Author at The Islamic Monthly

Obaid H. Siddiqui

Empires, just like the history they mold and define, repeat themselves in identifiable patterns. Though each empi

Obaid H. Siddiqui | September 8th, 2017

“I have the power,” screams an excessively orange-skinned man with a ridiculous haircut, his voice echoing a

Obaid H. Siddiqui | August 16th, 2017

Almost 48 years ago, on July 21, 1969, Buzz Aldrin hopped off Eagle, the Apollo 11 space mission’s lunar landing m

A picture, as the old adage goes, is worth a thousand words. A single image can say more about a subject than the most i

According to chaos theory, uncertainty increases exponentially the further in time one tries to forecast an action or be

Two months ago, Donald Trump announced his pick for the vacant Supreme Court seat in true showman fashion. He forewarned

Obaid H. Siddiqui | April 4th, 2017

In his poem “The Generous Player,” the French poet Charles Baudelaire envisions an enchanted encounter with

Obaid H. Siddiqui | March 23rd, 2017

Prevyet! Or hello and welcome to your dispatches from the 2017 Scold War! Despite the many denials from Donald Trump, th

Obaid H. Siddiqui | February 22nd, 2017

It’s Week Two of Trump Watch and the the War of the Words is in full swing. The lies and propaganda shoveled by th

Obaid H. Siddiqui | February 10th, 2017

It’s hard to believe that Donald Trump has officially been president of the United States for only a week. (One do

Obaid H. Siddiqui | February 3rd, 2017