The question in Sirte #Libya is not whether ISIS will be defeated. What comes after?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 31, 2016
Sitting in Tunis, it’s hard not to pay particular heed to what’s happening over the …
Read MoreFrance vs France. Two views of burqini debate and what it might mean for the republic
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2016
Dominique Moisi, a professor at L’Institut d’études politiques de Paris and senior adviser at the …
Read MoreAs Colombia’s peacetime starts, Norwegian who helped says he no longer wears a watch
by Rashmee
Posted on August 29, 2016
From today, the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) are officially …
Read MoreThe politically shrewd option for French and German Muslims
by Rashmee
Posted on August 28, 2016 / The Arab Weekly
If they know what is good for them, German Muslims should be stoutly, if silently, …
Read MoreWhy did France stick with the hijab ban but found the one on burqinis hard-going?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 27, 2016
You don’t have to be a lawyer to wonder why France made such a fuss …
Read More#Trump, Farage: Supporters’ willful ignorance beyond #DunningKruger
by Rashmee
Posted on August 26, 2016
I heard the former UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s speech to 15,000 devoted Donald Trump fans …
Read MoreIgnorance, fear and the burqini ban debacle
by Rashmee
Posted on August 25, 2016 / The National
The alleged Islamification of Europe has become an occasionally absurd but critical political fault line, …
Read MoreGermany’s partial ban on the burqa: Is that a bit like being half-pregnant?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 24, 2016
Not quite but it does underline the fact that Germany is facing elections and that …
Read MoreStephen King predicted Hillary Clinton would be president, but in conterfactual fiction
by Rashmee
Posted on August 23, 2016
Look, I’m not saying the bestselling author was prescient. Or particularly wanted an HRC stint …
Read MoreDid Rio Olympics shine the light on why BRICS really should have been Cribs?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 22, 2016
It may not be too extreme to say that the Rio Olympics broadly showcased some …
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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