Italians Return to Tunisia
Because I really should be cracking on with this paper, and even though this topic is fascinating me out of …
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Poetry Corner: Nahida Izzat
Looking for a suitable poetic quote from the Palestinian blog0sphere to open the current section of my chapter, I stumbled …
The League Against Facebook
…has now admitted Pakistan into its midst, after a Facebook group called for members to ‘Draw Mohammed’. Pakistan now joins …
Lost: In 108 Seconds
For those of you who, like me, are tickled pink by Lost, yet have a rather patchy sequence of following, …
Clothilde Reiss Freed
After almost one year, the French teacher is returning from Iran: Reiss, a French teacher at Isfahan university in central …
Observance, Not Fundamentalism
The following article brings enough dismality without the added slur of the author: BRUSSELS – Since she started wearing a …
On Fanon
Frantz Fanon has always captured my attention: his passion, his naked vehemence and most of all the burning veracity of …
Renovations and Other Procrastinatory By-products
With some serious deadlines looming I shall be coping in the only manner known: sheer procrastination and utmost gluttony. Wheel …
Learning Arabic: Where Is Best?
It’s been a while since the last poll and with my choice of Tunis as the source of summer Arabic …
Kudos to: Elham al-Qasimi
Deluged with deadlines though I am, it is nigh impossible to ignore the news that Elham al-Qasimi has become the …
