The dictator returns – through his spawn
by Rashmee
Posted on November 16, 2021
News that Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi will, indeed, run for president of Libya next month, comes …
Read More‘French beserk’: The Eric Zemmour effect
by Rashmee
Posted on November 15, 2021
I was very taken by Adam Shatz’s piece in the London Review of Books …
Read MoreBelarus is weaponizing human beings. For years, Europe has done the same, in reverse
by Rashmee
Posted on November 14, 2021
Poland’s prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, was spot on when he said that the border crisis…
Read MoreAmerica’s Democrats can’t risk another ‘basket of deplorables’ moment
by Rashmee
Posted on November 13, 2021
Remember Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables” moment? The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee …
Read MoreThe (re)making of China…in Mr Xi’s image
by Rashmee
Posted on November 12, 2021
What now, that the Chinese Communist Party has passed a decision exalting President Xi Jinping …
Read MoreHow to shop without costing the Earth
by Rashmee
Posted on November 11, 2021 / open Democracy
Consumerism is undoubtedly bad for the planet, but with Singles Day and the forthcoming season …
Read MoreWhat’s nude for your skin colour?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 10, 2021
Funnily enough, it was the OZY newletter (from the media outlet that’s in rather bad …
Read MoreBritain is not a captured state…yet
by Rashmee
Posted on November 8, 2021
Britain’s working week has begun on a dismal note. Or a grandly hopeful note on …
Read MoreThe world needs more Ithacas
by Rashmee
Posted on November 7, 2021
One American city plans to decarbonize every building. The Washington Post reports that Ithaca in …
Read MoreThe age of protest: ‘a great wind is blowing’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 6, 2021
“A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache,” Catherine …
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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