Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Dasani’s Homeless Life

There are more than 22,000 homeless children in New York, the highest number since the Great Depression. This is one of their stories.

A Muslim Leader in Brooklyn, Reconciling 2 Worlds

First of three articles in series An Imam in America; profile of Egyptian Sheik Reda Shata, who became leader of Muslim congregation in Brooklyn one year after Sept 11 terrorist attacks; finding ways to reconcile Muslim tradition with American life has worn him down and opened his mind; few of America's imams recruited from abroad are prepared to lead community on margins of American life; his collapse before his congregation one day has led to citywide training program for imams, blending Islam and psychology; photos (L)

To Lead the Faithful in a Faith Under Fire

The F.B.I. agent and the imam sat across a long wooden table at a Brooklyn youth center last August. Would the imam, the agent asked, report anyone who seemed prone to terrorism?

Tending to Muslim Hearts and Islam's Future

The young Egyptian professional could pass for any New York bachelor. Dressed in a crisp polo shirt and swathed in cologne, he races his Nissan Maxima through the rain-slicked streets of Manhattan, late for a date with a tall brunette. At red lights, he fusses with his hair.