‘The Mermaid of Black Conch’ takes us on an enchanted journey
by Rashmee
Posted on February 14, 2021
/ TRAVELS IN MY MIND I was three-fourths of the way through fellow UEA alumna …
Read MoreWhen it comes to peace, is the EU really a great power?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 21, 2020 / The National
Even before he became the European Union’s new foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, suggested that …
Read MoreTrump’s threat to ruin Iraq financially has a historical parallel
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2020 / The Arab Weekly
It is outrageous to expect Iraq, which has suffered the loss of hundreds of thousands …
Read MoreThe only real link between Chile, Lebanon, Algeria, Hong Kong is the word ‘protest’
by Rashmee
Posted on November 3, 2019
The editor of Open Democracy, the UK political website, pointed out a crucial point the …
Read MoreUN winds up its Haiti mission with a pitiful epitaph: It brought cholera to the island
by Rashmee
Posted on October 9, 2017
On Friday (Oct 6) the UN wound up MINUSTAH, its 13-year-old peacekeeping mission in Haiti, …
Read MoreTrump went to Puerto Rico. And brought to life a scene in Graham Greene’s Haiti novel
by Rashmee
Posted on October 5, 2017
When Donald Trump went to Puerto Rico, I remembered Graham Greene’s telling portrait of imperious …
Read MoreSpot the difference: Haitians believe God kills, not germs. For Americans, it’s God not guns
by Rashmee
Posted on October 4, 2017
Before I went to Haiti, my Kreyol instructor gave our class a valuable lesson in …
Read MoreHumanity vs Impunity. Will the UN now compensate Haiti’s cholera victims?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 20, 2016
I was in Haiti in February 2013, when the United Nations took the unusual decision …
Read MoreBrexit: Were Britain’s discontented like Haiti’s ceaseless protestors?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 29, 2016
In the hours after the Brexit result I was reminded most strongly of The Economist …
Read MoreHaiti’s President Martelly told me he was a ‘bad boy’. It seems he was right
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2016
When I interviewed Haiti’s President Michel Martelly for Foreign Policy two-and-a-half years ago, he started …
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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