Editor’s note: This excerpt contains some profanity. The ring of vibrating brass Tibetan bowls filled the silent room. It flowed across sailors and Marines stretched out on their backs with their eyes closed. The ancient, wordless chorus of the bells played from a recording in the corner of the room, lapping at the present and […]
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Posted inCrime and Courts, News
Iraqi refugee sentenced to 45 years in prison for shooting Colorado Springs police officer in the head
COLORADO SPRINGS — A man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for shooting a Colorado Springs police officer in the head. The Gazette reports Karrar Noaman Al Khammasi was convicted in June of attempted murder and other charges and was sentenced Thursday for the 2018 shooting that left Officer Cem Duzel with a serious brain […]
Posted inBook Excerpts, SunLit
An Iraqi family takes refuge in Colorado; a Libyan family feels a rising threat
Connie Shoemaker has experienced more than half her life in an international setting. Her interest in Muslim women began with four years at American University in Cairo, Egypt, where her husband initiated a graduate communications program and she combined raising three children with teaching English, writing for Associated Press and other newspapers, and publishing a […]
Posted inSunLit, SunLit Interviews
Coloradan Connie Shoemaker had stories to tell after years of international travel and work with immigrants
Connie Shoemaker has experienced more than half her life in an international setting. Her interest in Muslim women began with four years at American University in Cairo, Egypt, where her husband initiated a graduate communications program and she combined raising three children with teaching English, writing for Associated Press and other newspapers, and publishing a […]
Posted inCartoons, Opinion
Jim Morrissey: Not-so-happy New Year
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.