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Why I Wrote Chaldean Storyteller in Baghdad: The Story Behind My Newest Book
There is a suitcase in my memory that never gets old. It arrived at our small concrete house in Baghdad when I was a little girl. It came from America, filled with toys and clothes, and inside it was my very first doll – nearly as tall and wide as I was. I remember wanting to touch her, to remove the clear plastic that sealed her like a treasure behind glass. But someone quickly sealed it again…
The Council Is Getting a New Beginning: Ancient Wisdom Council in 2026
There are things we know feed us. Things that matter deeply. Things we tell ourselves we’ll return to “when life slows down.” But life never slows down, does it? For years, the Ancient Wisdom Council was a cornerstone of my work. A monthly gathering where we explored Babylonian wisdom, shamanic teachings, conscious storytelling, and practical spiritual tools for daily life. It was a space for…
Watch My Journey Tonight on Spotlight Detroit on PBS
Tonight is a special night for Detroit’s creative community! At 9 PM on Detroit PBS, the world premiere of Spotlight Detroit will feature 25 stunning short films, created by the 2025 Kresge Eminent Artist Marion Hayden and the 2024 Kresge Artist Fellows in Live Arts, Film, and Music. These short films—produced by Kresge Arts in Detroit and 7 Cylinders Studio—showcase the incredible collaboration…
Pomegranate: A Dream Realized
After ten years of dreaming, creating, and persevering, my feature film Pomegranate will finally be released on March 4th to audiences across 25 countries. This is not just a release—it is the realization of a vision that has grown and transformed over a decade. Pomegranate is a story of identity, resilience, and cultural connection, brought to life through the voices of women, and I couldn’t be…
Chaldean - Kabbalah Connection
Good autumn morning, I’m watching the tree leaves and metal chimes dance to the wind as I sit at my computer and begin my next book. My children are off to school, my husband is at work, and my dog is still sleeping. The house is quiet, and the tea is hot. I normally drink coffee but I’ve got a sore throat that needs some healing. It has been a while since I wrote in my blog, and I miss it.…
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Happy International Women's Day ❤️
Dear readers, Today the Detroit Historic Designation Advisory Board visited the Chaldean Cultural Center! It was a wonderful visit that included a tour of the Chaldean Museum, beautiful dialogue, and of course chai and tekhratha (meat and cheese pastries)! The board is using Underrepresented Communities Grant from the park service to fund an historic property survey of Detroit sites related to…
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Facing the Middle East's Dark Side for a Path of Healing and Reform
I was on a cruise trip with a group of friends and family members when, the day before our trip ended, we saw on TV horrific acts of terrorism against Israeli civilians. We looked at each other and, shocked, said, “This is just like ISIS.” The majority of those in our group had experienced some type of violence or oppression while living in Iraq. One man in the early 70s was snatched from his…
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Watch Pomegranate Online Sunday - La Femme Independent Film Festival (Paris, France)
Pomegranate was chosen as an Official Selection by La Femme Independent Film Festival (Paris, France). At 7 pm PDT, they will screen it worldwide (online) on Sunday, August 20 at 7 pm PST. Viewers vote for films they like most and the winner is then screened in person in Paris, France later this year. Click here for tickets:…
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The Power of Persistence for Writers and Filmmakers
A lot of people ask me for advice on how to overcome rejection and achieve success in their writing and film career. My answer is basically to never give up. I speak from experience. My feature documentary, The Great American Family, was recently made available on Amazon Prime. I started this project in 2010, wrote a book with the same title which won an Eric Hoffer Award in 2017, and completed…
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Making Dreams Come True
Written by (guest blogger) Gethen Christine https://youtube.com/@GethenChristineMorris A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity – how many of those do we receive on this Path of Heart? Several. How many do we see? Some. How many do we seize? Very few. For me, this particular opportunity revealed one of my most cherished, and secret, pleasures in life. One that almost slipped through my fingers. One…
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My Native American Friend
I’m currently working on a book about conversations I’ve had with my Native American friend. Conversations about non-typical topics. He would visit the video store where I worked for twelve years and chit-chat. Mostly, he did the talking. I listened, trying to understand the purpose behind his presence. He said things that often stimulated my creativity and led me to write a poem or two, or to…
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Indigenous Wisdom of the Chaldeans
The echoes of my ancestors reside in the silence of the early mornings and nights, telling me to keep telling our stories, to bring to life what was buried from thousands of years ago, and to share what’s new and being planted for the future. I listen and oblige even when I’m uncertain whether this really matters. I simply oblige as I have surrendered myself the process, a process which every day…
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Pomegranate Trailer is Out!
Pomegranate Trailer is Out!
Happy New Year! Hope you had a magical Christmas season. Last month was quite exciting with holiday celebrations and completing projects I’ve been working on for years. I completed my 15th book, Little Baghdad: a Memoir about an Endangered People in an American City, which will be released on January 15, 2023, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. Around the same time I’ll begin submitting the…
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Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand
Reach Out and Touch Somebody’s Hand
I had several assignments in the last two months to write about Heather Raffo’s play, Noura, for The Chaldean News. The play opened at the Detroit Public Theater earlier this month, but I initially watched it when it was being workshopped in 2016 at the Arab American National Museum. Click the image below to read the article on Heather that I wrote for Arab America And here’s one of the…
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Living Tribal in a Democracy
Living Tribal in a Democracy
“You’ve moved away from each other. You’ve torn apart your families, disassembled your smaller communities in favor of huge cities. In these big cities, there are more people, but fewer ‘tribes’, groups, or clans where members see their responsibility as including the responsibility for the whole. So, in effect, you have no elders. None at arm’s reach in any event.”Neal Donald Walsh I grew up…
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When Women Ruled in the Middle East
When Women Ruled in the Middle East
Although we’ve been led to believe otherwise, women in ancient Mesopotamia had more rights and independence than women in those regions have today. They contributed to building the cradle of civilization and, unlike in modern eras, they were revered. As a result their lands flourished. The shift away from, and the attempt to destroy, feminine consciousness has caused so much pain and suffering…
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Walking in Balance
When my neighbor has guests, and they gather in the backyard during warm weather days, she will often bring me a small cup of Turkish coffee. She hands it to me over the fence. Sometimes placed on the saucer, next to the small cup, is a stick of chocolate, dried mangos, dried apricots, walnuts, dates, or zlabia, the Middle Eastern equivalent to funnel cakes. When she sees that my husband is home,…
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