The heart of Europe bleeds. What can it do?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 31, 2016 / The Arab Weekly


The heart of Europe — France and Germany — has bled almost every other day …

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Two ways to deal with Europe? Clacton-on-Sea stays closed; Bristol defiantly open

by Rashmee

Posted on July 30, 2016


Chris Giles, the Financial Times’s economics editor, has offered some radical thoughts on what Brexit …

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Brexit: Were Britain’s discontented like Haiti’s ceaseless protestors?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 29, 2016


In the hours after the Brexit result I was reminded most strongly of The Economist …

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Trumping Nato will leave the rest of us vulnerable

by Rashmee

Posted on July 28, 2016 / The National


Nato, a prominent environmental activist once acidly said, was never going to be concerned about …

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Ridicule, the ultimate takedown of Islamic State? Inshallah, one day soon

by Rashmee

Posted on July 27, 2016


Click here for The Bighdaddy show, a collection of short videos satirising the so-called Islamic …

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The world since last Wednesday. Do you feel events have speeded up in 2016?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 26, 2016


It may seem as if a lot of significant things are happening very fast but …

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What can Germany do to keep itself safe? Integrate new entrants more fiercely

by Rashmee

Posted on July 25, 2016


If there can be any blessing in a bloody and terrible act, it is this: …

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The West should be addressing grievances behind attacks

by Rashmee

Posted on July 24, 2016 / The Arab Weekly


Can we be safe any­where anymore? Social media, pundits and politicians are in despair over …

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Only fiction could’ve taken us so so deep into Melania Trump’s life with The Donald

by Rashmee

Posted on July 23, 2016


‘The Arrangements’, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short story on the Trumps, centres on Melania (The Donald’s …

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In America, pro-ISIS digital content is a crime, pro-gun pronouncements a right

by Rashmee

Posted on July 22, 2016


Harvard law professor Noah Feldman asks a deeply troubling question in his Bloomberg View piece. …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK