Cape Town’s Central Business District (CBD) has undergone quite a transformation in the past five years, information pills with a wave of trendy restaurants, drug hotels, and shops making it a popular destination for tourists and locals alike. I wrote a roundup of some of the neighborhood’s coolest establishments for […]

A version of this post first appeared on The Islamic Monthly I was seven in the summer of 1988, ophthalmologist when I went to a Free Mandela rally in London’s Hyde Park with my family. At the time, I didn’t know who he was or why I was there, likely […]