Tunisia: ‘Menu Ramadanesque’ and other delights
by Rashmee
Posted on May 31, 2018
Ahead of iftar, when the day’s fast ends during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, …
Read MoreWhy don’t we feel a greater sense of pending doom over the fear of a nuclear wipeout?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 30, 2018 / The National
What comes to mind when nuclear war is mentioned? The on-off Singapore summit? The shifting …
Read MoreIn Tamezret, Tunisia, a 2,000-year-old Berber kitchen in a mountain cave
by Rashmee
Posted on May 29, 2018
In Tamezret, a mostly abandoned mountain-top Berber village in southern Tunisia, we meet Monji Bouras, …
Read MoreVisiting the Ben Nasrs in their troglodyte house, Matmata, Tunisia
by Rashmee
Posted on May 28, 2018
We turn up at the Ben Nasrs’ family home in western Matmata. Here’s a handy …
Read MoreTunisia’s troglodytes follow a different script from Star Wars
by Rashmee
Posted on May 27, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
MATMATA, Tunisia — Najet sits in her kitchen about 6 metres below ground level. It …
Read MoreThey’re still raving about bishop who tried trans-Atlantic spiritual union at royal wedding
by Rashmee
Posted on May 26, 2018
They’re still at it. The British media. Even some of the crustier establishment types. It …
Read MoreDid you too wonder about whole families blowing themselves up in Indonesia?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 25, 2018
Did you wonder too about whole families blowing themselves up in Indonesia? I refer, of …
Read MoreTrumpian diplomacy? Just short of demanding ‘Iranians convert to Christianity’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 24, 2018
One has to wonder about Trump’s America’s notion of diplomacy when it dispatches its top …
Read MoreHow 48 hours in Karnataka showed just how far India has strayed from political norms
by Rashmee
Posted on May 23, 2018 / The National
Those who cry foul at Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela might pause to consider the …
Read MoreIs Jim Mattis the only senior Trump official who sees the big picture in Iraq?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 22, 2018
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is batting for Moqtada Al Sadr. Kinda, sorta. Mr …
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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