April 2013

Farewell Ms. Weinstein

By | 2013-04-24T00:17:30+00:00 April 24th, 2013|Uncategorized|

  I liked Carmen. She was a cool lady. She will be missed. Originally published on Foreign Policy Transitions.     "You must be Esti's grandson," said one lady as she pinched my cheek. "Leave [...]

July 2012

Ramadan and Tisha B’Av

By | 2012-07-29T06:44:09+00:00 July 29th, 2012|Uncategorized|

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 [...]

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