Neda
And so it begins: as the British embassy pulls its staff and their families out of Iran and the media …
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere
At last, the Arabic blogosphere receives the media coverage it has been long overdue. Good news for the blogosphere; ambiguously …
Teflon Silvio Gets Any Party Started
Because nothing quite tickles the senses as a Silvio-fest: The young women were shown an hour-long documentary about Berlusconi. They …
Best of the Rest: Ayoon wa Azan
A delightful little aside on Gaddafi’s gaffes, social blunders, and the question of whether the world’s smallest Arabic book would …
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Questions of identity have long suffused both my working and personal life. Entire train journeys have been passed musing whether …
Football and Defiance
… are possibly my two favourite things, so when they become juxtaposed in the following instance, I cannot help but …
Victory for Ahmadinejad, A Blow to Iran
As with all elections that promise positive change, it started of with a buzzing of optimism. Mirhossein Mousavi would end …
Woman, Take Your Rights and Know Your Place!
Watching Italian television the past few days has been a chortlesome experience as the new-found bromance between Silvio and Muammar …
The Jaunts and Japes of Ratko Mladic
Imagine the following scenario, if you will. You have cruised through a war on a crest of abominations perpetuated by …
Geek Wrath
At the moment all remains in a haze of chaos as I postpone jubilation in favour of striving to evade …
