Cross-posted on Foreign Policy Transitions With her white hijab and the slight gap between her teeth, Fatma Nabil looks like my cousin. She probably looks like everybody’s cousin. Yet after presenting the afternoon news last week, Fatma [...]
Horrifying picture of Israeli settlers terrorising a Palestinian woman in East Jerusalem. Look particularly at the second settler from the right. Try to imagine what kind of hatred brought him to this woman's home, [...]
Update: Republished in Real Clear World Republished in Outlook India (under the title “Morsi’s Code”, which I like!) Republished in Khaleej Times ——————— Morsi, with a moderate stance, could signal a more active Egypt in [...]
I'm trying to make sense of it all and organize my thoughts as news, analysis and speculations keep coming, so bear with me. Let’s first try to understand what this is not. It is not [...]
If you're really too lazy to put toothpaste on your toothbrush, it turns out that for only 5 dollars you can buy a "prepasted toothbrush". No, really. It's not a joke, either. That's an Ebay [...]
Stumbled upon this t-shirt design, obviously written on a computer that can't handle Arabic characters. I love the "Made in the USA" stamp is proudly displayed though. :-P I'd love to see someone wearing [...]
It’s not that the film is about theft: from everyone loves a good heist film [the Italian Job! Ocean’s 11, 12, 13!], never more so when the money is being stolen from the bad guy. [...]
On South Sudan’s flag, Egypt’s uniforms, Saudi Arabia’s female athletes, Ramadan, the minute of silence, and Malaysia’s pregnant athlete. All in one friendly article! Their budgets may be a tad tighter and their delegations smaller, [...]
That looks like a very natural picture, that would totally dupe Ms. Buck. The article that Vogue published about Syrian first lady Asmaa al-Assad and has long been removed from their [...]
I started eating last night [28 July / 9 Ramadan / 9 Av ] right as my Jewish colleagues, here in my summer workshop in the US, started fasting – an amusing reversal of situation [...]
