About · Meet the Founder
We were never meant to walk this earth alone.
Why SIC exists, why it began with a novel, and where it is going.
Why did you start SIC?
I started SIC because I watched people lose their humanity, and I watched it happen so slowly that nobody noticed.
Our culture has trained us into a way of living that numbs us. Something degenerate has grown among us, and it has become normal. People walk past each other every day completely disconnected, with no empathy, no consideration, and no concern for the human being right in front of them. It’s as if we believe we have nothing in common, as if there’s no level on which we can relate to one another.
That isn’t how we were made. We all come from one soul and one Creator. We were never meant to walk this earth alone. Even Adam, alone in Paradise, was given a companion, because being human means being connected.
So I built SIC to bring back engagement. That means real dialogue, community service done side by side, and meaningful topics as a foundation to build on. The goal is for us to know each other deeply, because once we do, empathy, familiarity and care follow. Then we’re no longer strangers sharing a sidewalk. We’re intimately linked.
“Then we’re no longer strangers sharing a sidewalk. We’re intimately linked.”
Why a novel? Why did The Thread That Holds become the doorway?
I love thrillers. I also love coming away from a story knowing something I didn’t know before. I wanted to write the kind of book I’d want to read: one that grips you like a thriller and still leaves you more educated, more aware and more awake than when you started.
A lecture asks you to listen. A story pulls you in. When you follow characters through danger, loss and choices, you start to feel what they feel, and that’s empathy, the exact thing SIC exists to rebuild. The Thread That Holds lets readers practice connection before they’re ever asked to do it in real life. The thread in the title is the one that runs between all of us, and the book is where you first notice it.
What do you want SIC to have changed in five years?
Insha Allah, I want SIC to change how we’re socially aware of one another.
Mostly I want people to be mindful in shared spaces: the bus, the store, the block, the workplace, online. Everything you do in a shared space leaves an impression on the people in it with you. Your volume, your trash, your attitude, your phone, your silence when someone needs help all reach other people.
That awareness takes a habit, which is thinking ahead before simply doing what you want. If enough of us practice it, our wants become less imposing on others. In five years I want that habit to feel normal again. I’d like to see people who pause, consider, and leave every space a little better than they found it.
Who is on the team?
Right now SIC has one founder, and that’s me. I’m not hiding that, because it’s part of the message. SIC isn’t meant to be run by a staff. It’s meant to be carried by its people. Every Sync Reader who opens a dialogue, shows up for a service project or treats a shared space with care is the team. As SIC grows, the people who step forward will be named here.
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