Best of the Rest: Choosing not to Choose
An excellent piece by Raghda Butros, on being an ‘Arab Christian Muslim Secular Jordanian Palestinian citizen of the world’: When …
Category Archives: Best of the Rest
Best of the Rest: How do you define ‘Coexistence?’
This is so right, so beautifully God-damn right: We are not different, no one deserves to be treated different than any other …
Best of the Rest: Why sectarianism is bad for women
Every so often a post emerges that needs no further comment; so perfect, apt and correct is it that to …
Best of the Rest: Saudi women sue their mahrams for forcibly keeping them single
In a break from what is certainly becoming an unhealthy obsession with the dazzling drifts of snow buffeting our vistas, I forcibly …
I ♥ irkafirka
First there was Twitter, which allowed us to indulge in text-based peep-tommery from around the world. Now there is irkafirka, …
Kudos to… Tanya Nagar
It’s been a while since the last kudos-based post, but I am delighted to have stumbled across this one. How …
Best of the Rest: Perky breasts won’t fix your life
Two Best of the Rest posts in one week – if that wasn’t a source for joy, then the following …
Best of the Rest: Jordanian Citizenship Revoked: The Human Toll Of Politics
Phew. Possibly the longest header in the history of this website. But, and here’s the crucial part, if you must …
Beautiful Secret
I’ve been enamored by PostSecret for almost two years now, but despite the length of time, the profundity of certain …
Best of the Rest: A Legal Framework Against Sexual Violence
This subject is raised time and again, yet progress is virtually non-existent. As a woman whose final weeks in Jordan were marred …
