Confessions
Caledoniyya is now a sturdy two-years old, a fact I almost missed amidst the haste of moving to start a …
Monthly Archives: June 2009
More Talks, More Expansions, More Hot Air
That is, for any stumbling, faltering half-step forward in the current peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine, several sizable leaps …
Checkpoint Foodsnatch: Your Za’atar or Your Life
One would think, given the sheer number of checkpoints Palestinians traverse through, that pretty much all varieties of indignity would …
A Smooth Saudi Tribute
Ordinarily averse to jumping on the You-tube wagon, this one is too delightful to gloss over: This could easily amuse …
Like Father, Like Son
Enter playboy PM stage right: You can practically sniff the wasta. Even here.
Addendum: William I. Robinson
Back in April I posted on the moral/political/academic/all-of-the-above quagmire traversed by the UC Santa Barbara professor, William I. Robinson. Robinson, …
Cinema City Returns to Nablus
Amidst all the doom and gloom – whether your definition of tragedy rests with the Iranian victims, the conflict in …
Soltan Family Forced to Leave Home
In just a few weeks we have shifted from adrenalin-fuelled political energy that positively oozed positivity for a new regime …
Through A Looking Glass, Darkly
I am a massive film fan – though I have long since veered out of buff territory, my DVD collection …
Quit Mourning, It’s Bad for Our Image
The demise of 26-year-old Neda Salehi Agha Soltan has, as noted in the below post, become symbolic of the current …
