Virginity Tests in the Name of “Security”
Yesterday Amnesty International issued a report on the conduct of the Egyptian army towards female protesters. It makes for harrowing …
Monthly Archives: March 2011
d’Artocratie vs. The Wrong Kind of Islam
Perhaps I am venturing into controversial theological territory with the above heading, but I’ll be damned if d’Artocratie can be …
d’Artocratie, Ishmael
This morning is glorious: the sky is blue, the chill is barely frigid and I have discovered two things that …
Intelligent Women? Rare as Bicephalous Gorillas
The following excerpt by the French sociologist Gustave Le Bon was composed in 1879 and is a testament to how …
Editing Skullduggery
Editing… …makes me feel like this:
If Women Ruled Politics
In a similar vein to the previous post, following the 1929 Palestinian Arab Women’s Congress in Jerusalem, in which calls …
Another Egypt, Another Revolution
An Egypt of 1919 to be exact, and one about to be betrothed to the British Mandate. On the cusp …
Beirut Dabke
Smile, because this is possibly the most awesome thing you’ll watch today:
Meme Wisdom
The following was posted as a status meme by a friend, and it is sadly so accurate: Let me get …
Saudi’s Day of Rage Begins Early
Although one could reason that the Musk Revolution began the day Saudi revolutionary activist Faisal Ahmed Abdul-Ahadwas was silenced by a …
