Some Sunday Hemingway
… to match the tragedy that is British justice, as news of the worth of an Iraqi life emerges. They say …
Category Archives: Iraq
War, Thy Name Is Terror… Or Is It?
Last year I posted on a seminar in which the students grappled with the application of the term ‘genocide‘. That …
Owning the Night: Nature’s Last Patriarchal Frontier
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream …
Eid Mubarak!
I cannot decide whether I am a very remiss blogger, or timely – accordingly to Google, yesterday was Eid al-Adha. …
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 …
Grand Ayatollah Fadlallah (1935-2010)
Lebanon’s Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah was synonymous with many facets of Shiite political society, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iraq’s …
Out of the Iraqi Frying Pan and into the British Fire
Such tales as these always induce a deep cringe of shame at the sheer malice of fellow British citizens. When …
Killing by Numbers: Iraq’s 20×20 Approach
Executions, that is, as the Presidential Council in Iraq ratifies the death sentences of 128 people. Problem is, with so …
A Hollow Justice For Muntadar al-Zaidi
After weeks in detention, Muntadar al-Zaidi has at length received his sentence for simultaneously hurling a shoe at former American …
