Best of the Rest: The Synagogue that Doubles as a Mosque
Courtesy of NewStatesman, the following article raises one of the rare, but wonderful, instances of inter-faith cohesion: On Friday afternoons, …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Yemeni Bride (12) Dies in Childbirth
We have covered honor killings. We have covered trafficking. But the following account from Yemen transcends new levels of tragedy: …
Of Ben Ali and “Special Attention”
Yesterday I noted the plight of Tunisian blogger Abdallah Zouari, whose endeavours to draw attention to human rights abuses in Tunisia have …
Palestine, Israel, UEFA?
Here’s a pickle to start the day: if Israel is allowed to be a part of UEFA, why not Palestine? …
Blogger Abdallah Zouari Rearrested
The following account simultaneously engenders apoplexy and admiration for Tunisian blogger, Adballah Zouari: Tunisian blogger and former political prisoner Abdallah …
TUC/Israel Boycott: Token Gesture or Progress
When the TUC announced a comprehensive boycott of Israeli goods, sizeable surprise arose. The move was to be a bold …
Sabra wa Shatila: 27 Years On
Lest we forget: Almost 3,500 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians were slaughtered in the camps of Sabra and Shatila. Under the …
The Return: Paula of Norway
I found her name in a second hand bookstore, slotted in between pages 86 and 87, the ticket slightly faded …
A Brief Visual History of Shoe-hurling
Here. What I love most about the last image is less the bronze statue in homage to the custom, but …
Call for Feminist Mothers
Continuing in the vein of eschewing misconceptions of feminism: Mindy Erchull and Miriam Liss, two researchers at the University of …
