The war at home I greatly enjoyed Albert M. Carter’s fascinating piece about his experience transitioning from growing up in Philly to living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mr. Carter is a talented writer, and his article was so full of feeling that it was extremely impactful. What he wrote and the beautiful photos he included — two of them taken with beautiful mosques in the background — illustrate the fact that Islam is, for the most part, a peaceful religion, a fact many Americans must come to accept. Left unmentioned in his fascinating piece was the complicated history of...