School Bag Campaign!
Though it may be drizzly ol’Blighty outside the window, I cannot help but share this delightful campaign: So its back …
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Lest We Forget: Yassir Tamizi
Almost eight months on, the case against the IDF soldier accused of the murder of Gazan Yassir Tamizi is grinding …
Rural NIMBYists Protest Mosque
This story has been rumbling on in bucolic Lincolnshire for longer than is necessary. A brief synopsis: the Muslim community …
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
“My words seem to me like birds too young and weak to fly far.” Which is pretty much my sentiment …
Chávez the Pseudo-Feminist
A compelling article in the recent NewStatesman charts the incongruity in the Venezuelan leader’s stance vis-à–vis women’s rights and his …
Iftar Scrumptiousness
Last night marked my first iftar dinner and after a brief tussle over the cuisine (Italian? North African?) I settled …
Honor Killing N° 16
I wonder how this man, and indeed his family, will progress from this tragic event: A 24-year-old farmer is expected …
Mali: Women’s Bill Blocked
Earlier this week I posted on the incongruous pouring of outrage in the Malian capital of Bamako on the matter …
Misyar: A Very Modern Affair
A marriage based solely on lust and in which a degree of autonomy is still afforded: too good to be …
Afghanistan: Women’s Voices
The following articles on life in Afghanistan were published in a recent edition of New Statesman; though tardily posted, they …
