5 reasons to book your trip to Cairo now

I can’t and won’t lie: I was afraid to visit Egypt. Televisions in my home stay locked on CNN and my husband’s beloved MSNBC (he has a love-hate relationship with Joy Reid, who’s affectionately called “Joy-Ann” in our home), and

Dubai vacation: 5 things to do, 5 things to skip (pictures)

For nearly two decades, Dubai has been portrayed as a veritable land of plenty by professional expats and jet-setters who flock to the desert oasis seeking opportunity, lavish lifestyle experiences and adult play in the ever-expanding seaside metropolis. When I

An afternoon in Abu Dhabi: Queen for a day

During a recent trip to Dubai, my husband, writer East Texas Bama, and I decided to take a breather from the bustling and most grandiose Emirates city. Like most visitors, we sought the suburban (only slightly less grandiose) desert shores

When a man loves a woman: No hair, don’t care (get ready to cry)

When Houston resident Amber J. Benoit met her husband Brandon, she was keeping a little secret. The Louisiana native and customer service representative was losing her hair. Well, there was more. She had a little crush on him and she was falling fast. But, she wondered, if she got the man, could he handle her secret?

Haitian family featured in Disney show ‘The Exchange’

Haitian-Jamaican writer and director Daheli Hall created Disney’s new show The Exchange: “When their study abroad program is cancelled, a teen girl suggests her classmates spend a week at each other’s houses.” At the center of the show is an

Rio Olympics gold trio: Black girl magic in full effect

Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles and Simone Manuel stand as living, breathing, tossing, jumping, vaulting and spinning proof that there’s no magic behind Black skin that makes gathering Olympic gold look like a birthright. These sister gymnasts put in the work — hours and hours and then more hours of training and uncompromising drive to make it to the top. And who are these young women?