Is Europe course-correcting after taking a hard-right turn?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2021 / The National
Now that the Netherlands’ election results have been finalised and officially published, chances are much …
Read MoreBack to the culture wars then
by Rashmee
Posted on September 14, 2020
The gains from the Greek-to-Arabic translation movement were many. It proved to be a great …
Read MoreWhat was the logic of the Greek-to-Arabic translation movement?
by Rashmee
Posted on September 13, 2020
Why did the second Abbasid Caliph Al Mansur (r.754-775) initiate the Greek-to-Arabic translation movement? He …
Read MoreThe Greek-to-Arabic translation movement: no expense spared
by Rashmee
Posted on September 12, 2020
The 200-year-old Greek-to-Arabic translation movement begun by the Abbasid Caliph Al Mansur (r.754-775) has no …
Read MoreCulture wars and cultural gaps: the Hellenic equation
by Rashmee
Posted on September 11, 2020
The culture wars between the Muslims and the Byzantines had decided effects. Often, they left …
Read MoreDon’t despair over the culture wars. They’re benign compared to 8th and 9th centuries
by Rashmee
Posted on September 10, 2020
Not too long ago, British sociologist Frank Furedi wrote a piece on the culture wars…
Read MoreTrump Googled himself, got Obama. Bit like Aristotle vs Plato in Arab world
by Rashmee
Posted on August 30, 2018
America’s child-man president is livid about the unfairness of internet searches. The Guardian reports that …
Read MoreArabic content is key to journey down the digital highway
by Rashmee
Posted on January 14, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Don’t believe the internet, Arabs do read and they’re increasingly reading online but more and …
Read MoreSome Americans took the ‘haboob’ advisory to signal a takeover by Arabs
by Rashmee
Posted on June 4, 2016
Texan anger at their weather service’s description of the duststorm as “haboob” was a reminder …
Read MoreAn urgent plea for Arabic-speaking (and reading) crew on all US flights
by Rashmee
Posted on May 9, 2016
I’m only half-serious about mandatory Arabic-speaking-and-reading crew on all flights in America, but the fear …
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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