Eid Mubarak!
I cannot decide whether I am a very remiss blogger, or timely – accordingly to Google, yesterday was Eid al-Adha. …
Category Archives: Asia
Street Harassment
A pithy take on street harassment, by Letty: I cannot decide what is more dark: the concluding strip or the …
What’s Wrong with Women in Lebanon? by Nadine Moawad
Nadine Moawad is one of the most vociferous feminist voices in the Middle East today. I have long been a …
Eid Mubarak!
After much hmmming and hawing over the actual date of this year’s Eid, I have decided to enter the celebratory …
Why Hijab? Why Not?
Building on this debate (which is still raging), the following clip debates why (or not) women should don the hijab: …
The League Against Facebook
…has now admitted Pakistan into its midst, after a Facebook group called for members to ‘Draw Mohammed’. Pakistan now joins …
On Fanon
Frantz Fanon has always captured my attention: his passion, his naked vehemence and most of all the burning veracity of …
First Arabic Domains Launched
The times, and domains, are a-changing: Arab nations are leading a “historic” charge to make the world wide web live …
An Honor Killing By Any Other Name…
…is an honor killing, nonetheless. Last year I posted on a spate of honor killings in Italy, which demonstrated that …
Rendering Terror in Technicolour
For those interested in the potency of images over words (of which I am uncontrollably one) the following – tipped …
