Palestine and the two types of nationalism
by Rashmee
Posted on March 23, 2022
In his 2013 paper titled ‘Palestinian Nationalism: An Overview’, Haifa university Professor As’ad …
Read MoreWhat is a country if it’s not a nation?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 21, 2022
Novelist Marina Lewycka’s musings about the ancient nature or not of Ukraine made me think …
Read MoreIs Ukraine really an ancient state and what is a country if it’s not a nation?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 20, 2022
Vladimir Putin has somewhat contemptuously said that Ukraine is not an ancient state; it’s not …
Read MoreMarina Lewycka on the ambiguities of being Ukrainian
by Rashmee
Posted on March 19, 2022
On her website, British Ukrainian novelist Marina Lewycka offers some observations on eastern Ukraine, …
Read MoreA novel on tractors in Ukrainian is about anything but
by Rashmee
Posted on March 18, 2022
Marina Lewycka’s 2005 debut novel, ‘A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian’, was generally well-received …
Read MoreWhy parse world’s reaction? To get the truth, not what you wish were the truth
by Rashmee
Posted on March 14, 2022
On the very day that Ethiopia was flying the flag for Russia so to speak, …
Read MoreRussia has undoubtedly won friends and influenced people in Africa
by Rashmee
Posted on March 13, 2022
Countries across the African continent have suited themselves in their response to Russia’s invasion of …
Read MoreBreaking down the ‘world’ reaction to Putin’s war
by Rashmee
Posted on March 12, 2022
No matter what the western media reports, claiming it as “the world’s” reaction to Vladimir …
Read MoreUkraine as a worthy cause…parsing the ‘world’s’ reaction
by Rashmee
Posted on March 11, 2022
The Ukraine situation is a useful moment to appraise the state of “the world’s” media. …
Read MoreWhere is Putin’s mind at?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 10, 2022
After the bombing of Mariupol Hospital in Ukraine – all those heartbreaking images of the …
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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