It matters that Kazakhstan is championing a 9th century Islamic philosopher. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on July 20, 2020
Just days ago, an online symposium on Al Farabi celebrated the Islamic philosopher’s 1150th year …
Read MoreLeadership and the lessons from an empire in decline – in 10th century Baghdad
by Rashmee
Posted on April 14, 2020 / The Focus
The pandemic is the first global crisis in more than 50 years where no country …
Read MoreLeadership and the lessons from an empire in decline – in 10th century Baghdad
by Rashmee
Posted on April 9, 2020
This is the first global crisis in more than 50 years where no country is …
Read MoreThe only thing that’s guaranteed about Trump’s foreign policy is its unpredictability
by Rashmee
Posted on June 29, 2019 / The National
As US secretary of state Mike Pompeo visited India, and the G20 summit got under …
Read MoreHow Al-Farabi drew on Plato to argue for censorship in Islam
by Rashmee
Posted on November 12, 2018 / Aeon
You might not be familiar with the name Al-Farabi, a 10th-century thinker from Baghdad, but …
Read MoreThe view from 10th century Baghdad on Donald Trump
by Rashmee
Posted on August 22, 2018
It was purely by chance but I was reading the following sentence late on Tuesday, …
Read MoreTwo liberal thinkers that need to go on Anglo-Saxon list of greats
by Rashmee
Posted on August 7, 2018
It’s not enough just to discern the gaps in The Economist’s list of original and …
Read More#Helsinki, #Trump and an age-old story, the parable of the drunken mystic
by Rashmee
Posted on July 23, 2018
When Presidents Trump and Putin spoke to journalists in Helsinki exactly a week ago today, …
Read MoreSufism’s tragedy is how imperfectly it is understood today
by Rashmee
Posted on December 3, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
Before Egypt, it was Pakistan. In South Asia’s most populous Muslim country, for more than …
Read MoreTrump and Al-Farabi’s ‘virtuous city’
by Rashmee
Posted on February 12, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
We know the truth about Donald Trump’s claim that the media deliberately under-reported terrorist attacks. …
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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