The Osman Warning/Not Just in Jordan
Lest we forget that honor killings are in fact a global phenomenon, and not just in Jordan, the following story …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
If Music Can Be Pretty…
…then Regina Spektor is the Queen of the genre. I first stumbled across Spektor back in 2005 and listened to …
Honor Killings: Symptom, Not Problem
Not usually one to reproduce conversations, I cannot help but recount the discussion I had this afternoon with a fellow …
G.ho.st: Peace, 1 Megabyte at a Time
A positive tale at last, as Palestinian and Israeli software developers have come together to launch the first Web hosted …
The Not-So-Cute Cellcom Ad
You may or may not have caught the Israeli Cellcom ad in which frivolous IDF soldiers indulge in a spot …
The Battle Wears On: Estemirova’s Legacy
The murder of Natalya Estemirova – and before her, Anna Politkovskaya – marked a devastating pattern in the slaughter of …
Make Love, Not War, Gaza
You couldn’t make it up:
People Power Levels at Honor Killings
One cannot help but feel a tingling pride at the initiative being taken in Jordan by a group of bloggers, …
The End of the Ayatollahs?
Martin Amis ponders the future of Iran’s clerics, its ever youthening population and the legacy of Neda Agha Soltan, here.
Netanyahu’s Two-Fingered Salute on Settlement Issue
The following development underlines once more the futility of peace negotiations with the Israeli government, as both the people and …
