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 …
Read MoreA 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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreHow 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 …
Read MoreAmid 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 …
Read MoreIn 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 …
Read MoreThe 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 …
Read MoreThe Christmas story is told in the Quran
by Rashmee
Posted on December 24, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
Far-right parties in the West often portray Islam as at war with Christianity. What gets …
Read MoreChristmas unsettled. A Christmas tagine rather than a Christmas tree!
by Rashmee
Posted on December 25, 2017
This is a very different Christmas for us. The Tunis house is in the process …
Read MoreNo need for a #Trump #FauxCrusade. Christmas is merry enough in US & elsewhere
by Rashmee
Posted on December 24, 2016
Given that Donald Trump has done a good job of stoking the anger of America’s …
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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