It’s a shame for Modi to be dismissed as a paper tiger in the same week as Trump

by Rashmee

Posted on June 30, 2017


The coincidence was remarkable. US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met …

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Could Modi gain much in US with bear hugs?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 29, 2017 / The National


Did the relationship between the United States and India change ever so subtly as a …

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In Tunis medina, a house with a view – of Tunisia’s past and present

by Rashmee

Posted on June 28, 2017


In the medina of Tunis, built into the wall of the Zitouna Mosque is a …

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Is this Tunisia’s first real Libyan restaurant?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 27, 2017


Tunisia is teeming with Libyans but Libyan restaurants are a strange and unknown quantity. The …

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London Grenfell Tower fire sparks debate over the real and proper role of government

by Rashmee

Posted on June 26, 2017


I left London for Tunis at a time of intensifying and increasingly perplexed debate about …

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Muslims must weld themselves to wider communities in the face of Islamophobia

by Rashmee

Posted on June 25, 2017 / The Arab Weekly


The only certainty after the attack on worship­pers near London’s Finsbury Park mosque is that …

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They’re calling the gig economy the agile one. Nimble or not, it needs rules

by Rashmee

Posted on June 24, 2017


Who would’ve thought it? The rise of the gig economy, low wages and the lack …

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Take heart, all ye who’re livid Trump took America out of the #Paris #climate deal

by Rashmee

Posted on June 23, 2017


Take heart, all ye who are livid about Donald Trump taking America out of the …

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A row of Gazebos on US Embassy Kabul compound. Camoflage uniforms that are anything but

by Rashmee

Posted on June 22, 2017


Anyone – American or not – who has considered the US war in Afghanistan would …

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Is US facing its Vietnam moment in Afghanistan?

by Rashmee

Posted on June 21, 2017 / The National


Nearly every week brings bad news from Afghanistan for the United States. Its troops suffer …

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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