Study at SOAS?
There are so many things to love about this ingenuous short: in 4 minutes it blasts the romanticism associated with …
Category Archives: Middle East
Turkey, in 60 Seconds
Or so it seems. This is my first visit to the country and already I lament my lack of time …
Mona Eltahawy vs. Tariq Ramadan Smack-down
I have a theory that if womankind watches Mona Eltahawy each morning, the global patriarchal structure would fall and by …
Suleiman Al Khalidi and the Cycle of Idiocy
That conflict yields casualties is a regrettable given and that they are innocents, more so. This week an increasing number …
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 …
Beirut Dabke
Smile, because this is possibly the most awesome thing you’ll watch today:
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 …
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 …
Happy International Women’s Day! (But Not if Britain Gets Its Way)
100 years since its launch, we are commemorating The Woman. Considering this year’s post, I rather hoped to move towards …
Bewitching Araby
Browsing in the library I struck upon Heart-Beguiling Araby: The English Romance with Arabia (I.B. Tauris, 1989) by Kathryn Tidrick. …
