Gaza Flotilla: Afloat, Untarnished, For All
You are a powerful country facing daily controversy regarding the abrogation of human rights and domestic instability through discrimination from …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Rania Matar: The Veil
Rania Matar’s project ‘The Veil: Modesty, Fashion, Devotion or Statement?’ provides a uniquely insightful and captivating array of monochrome images, here. Feeling …
Comfort Food = Ojja
It had to be
Transition
In the midst of a moderate transition (my time at a certain university has remorsefully drawn to a close – …
It Does Get Better
There really is nothing to add to this masterpiece of inspiration: Bravo, Apple.
On Nationalism and Exclusion
A great quote on nationalism and exclusion by Jacob Talmon, taken from The Myth of Nation and Vision of Revolution, The …
Women, Know Thy Place!
Else you will be sent to the Obedient Wives Club: All of which prompts me to propose the Obedient Husbands …
Some Sam Shalabi Awesomeness
Courtesy of the fabulous Kalejdoskop, also known as ‘Why-I-Have-Sweden-Envy’: Find out more about Sam Shalabi, here. (If not for the …
Best of the Rest: I’m an Egyptian Woman and I Like Being Sexually Harrassed
A remarkable post by Desk Girl on sexual harassment in Cairo: I wake up every morning looking forward to getting sexually …
Tunisian Women: The Fight Goes On
Professor Lina Ben Mhenni of the University of Tunis – also known as blogger A Tunisian Girl, composes a harrowing account of …
