Christmas should be cancelled in December and moved to February 7

by Rashmee

Posted on December 25, 2022


Can’t do better this Christmas than to turn your attention to something that first came …

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The poinsettia is soprano in the season’s grand opera

by Rashmee

Posted on December 22, 2022


Come Christmas, the most festive houseplant of them all lights up hallways, dinner tables and …

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Working the Santa shift at 35,000 feet

by Rashmee

Posted on December 17, 2022


The December issue of British Airways’ The Club magazine has a piece titled “Working …

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30 years…and counting of ‘They’re trying to cancel Christmas’

by Rashmee

Posted on December 12, 2021


It was Politico that noticed an annual celebration that has taken its place on the …

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A Brexit Christmas?

by Rashmee

Posted on September 4, 2021


I know it’s a bit early to be thinking about Christmas, but it’s hard not …

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The case for giving ‘bad’ gifts this year

by Rashmee

Posted on December 25, 2020


If you’re reading this today, the headline probably caught your eye either because you’ve just …

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How to party like it’s 2020

by Rashmee

Posted on December 8, 2020 / The Economist


The holiday season may be here, but the traditional office party? Not so much. The …

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Amid the dreary state of Arab-Israeli relations comes Christmas cheer and a message of hope

by Rashmee

Posted on December 26, 2019 / The National


It being Christmas, there is a certain obligation to bring glad tidings, or at least …

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In Bethlehem, a Christmas story with a modern message-and Jingle Bells in Arabic

by Rashmee

Posted on December 25, 2019 / Quartz


At the newly-renovated Church of the Nativity where, the story goes, Jesus, the Prince of …

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The beginning of the end of American power? – Part I

by Rashmee

Posted on January 17, 2019


If you’re American it’s hard to imagine a happy new year in 2019. Let me …

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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