Leaders for life are as creative as novelists. They engage in world-building
by Rashmee
Posted on January 17, 2020
On Wednesday (Jan. 15) Russia’s president Vladimir Putin offered an apparently new tactic of democratic …
Read MoreThe Arab world – a people and region in a flux
by Rashmee
Posted on June 24, 2019
The new BBC survey of 25,000 people in the Arab world is startling in its …
Read MoreOman’s story shows Arab writers are finding their voice
by Rashmee
Posted on June 2, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
The way Harthi tells the story, Oman comes sharply into focus as a distinctive place …
Read MoreThe Arab view of Iran doesn’t help it manage reality or change anything for the better
by Rashmee
Posted on February 12, 2019
There’s much merit in this rather frank view of the Arab world’s relationship with Iran. …
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 MoreDavos and the Arab project
by Rashmee
Posted on January 28, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
The talkathon-cum-thinkfest that blazed to an end on January 26 at Davos had more leaders …
Read MoreArabs show they’re not defined by the Palestinian issue. Now, the world must prosecute their case
by Rashmee
Posted on December 8, 2017
Nearly two years ago, I wrote a blog recording my scepticism about an overseas Iraqi …
Read MoreRashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK