Best of the Rest: FEMEN’s Anna Gutsol
I have been spreading this post like wildfire since I discovered it on Natalia’s site this morning. It is fantastic, …
Monthly Archives: September 2009
Lebanon-Israel Border Skirmishes
When the first drips of conflict emerge a deadening anxiety settles like lead in the stomach. Today it is skirmishes. …
Rawabi: City of the Future
The city below looks utterly remarkable: gleaming domes and minarets lend the design almost a fantastical nuance, as though it …
The True Beauty of Jihad
Twitter is slowly eroding my blog – it has been five days since I last posted and while I could …
Intermarriage “strategic national threat” to Israel
Considering the tragic nature of some of the stories covered here on Caledoniyya, I am surprised that the following has …
Best of the Rest: On the metro. 9 p.m.
It takes a special skill to render the urbane utterly beautiful, and Natalia has it. Reading her Personal Essays makes …
Another Day, Another Child
This is becoming almost a weekly occurrence: A 14-year-old Palestinian boy died on Saturday after being wounded in a shooting …
Hijab or Home: Gazan Girls Forced to Choose
In the debate on the hijab I believe it is all about choice. When certain countries seek to legally impel …
The Smackdown: Buffy vs. Edward Cullen
I loved Buffy. I loved Twilight. Bring the two together and you produce a pricelessly hilarious take on female gender …
Women’s Expectations of Abuse
Continuing from the previous post in which it was speculated that women in the Middle East anticipated domestic abuse more …
