Ban Nakba Commemoration and Pledge Allegiance: The Crazy World of Avigdor Lieberman
Tonight I leave for Krakow and while I have succeeded in abstaining from blogging to focus on my paper, this …
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Caledoniyyan Getaway
I have been a diabolical blogger this month, and if my agenda is anything to go by, the dastardly neglect …
Kuwaiti Government Opens Doors to First Four Women Lawmakers
Ground-breaking women are always a cause for jubilation, but in this instance the news is particularly exciting as Kuwaiti women …
Eurovision 2009: The People Have Half-Spoken
Of all my guilty pleasures, Eurovision has to be the most substantial: I simply adore the kitsch, the wailing for …
Malalai Joya: Message to Obama
Following Afghan leader Hamid Karzai’s nonchalant passing of the law that legalizes marital rape, the formidable Malalai Joya has stepped …
The Fighting Spirit of Salamo Arouch
There comes a point when traipsing through the forest that is the Sunday papers that a story halts you in …
Anil’s Ghost
A few weeks ago I bemoaned a sudden inability to read beyond the first ten pages of a book. Regardless …
The Škoda Vanishes
I fear that of late this blog has become a graveyard of sorrow, as the post titles increasingly bear semblance …
Delara Darabi (1986-2009)
It seemed as though an end would be in sight, that if hope was held long enough justice would prevail …
