What the reaction to Notre Dame does and does not say
by Rashmee
Posted on April 21, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
Arabs may have lost much of their faith in the value of their heritage after …
Read MoreIf we can’t unite around a ‘global history’, what hope for coalescing around culture?
by Rashmee
Posted on March 6, 2017
Reading Princeton professor Jeremy Adelman’s thoughtful, thought-provoking piece on global history in Aeon magazine, I …
Read MoreFood porn or that teasing, tastebud-tingling path to presumed delicious
by Rashmee
Posted on March 30, 2015
The path to delicious can leave a bad taste – or suggest that something will …
Read MoreOur notes to tomorrow’s world: the 10,000-year clock & Rosetta Disk
by Rashmee
Posted on January 26, 2015
It should be reassuring that there are a lot of very clever people considering a …
Read MoreWe need our own Rosetta Stone to transmit our civilization to the future
by Rashmee
Posted on January 25, 2015
We need our own Rosetta Stone to transmit our civilization to those who come after …
Read MoreThe Rosetta Stone was the time machine by which ancient Egypt reached us
by Rashmee
Posted on January 24, 2015
Walk like an Egyptian, just don’t do what they did about cultural preservation. Or what …
Read MoreHumankind must prepare for a possible cultural apocalypse. Here’s why
by Rashmee
Posted on January 23, 2015
How do you create a library labeled, ‘in case of apocalypse, read me’? It’s a …
Read MoreRembrandt’s Night Watch was like 1642 version of Facebook tagging
by Rashmee
Posted on December 9, 2013
It was back in April that the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam celebrated the return of Rembrandt’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