Get smarter, faster about America’s 247th birthday

by Rashmee

Posted on July 16, 2023 / This Week, Those Books


Welcome to the fourth instalment of This Week, Those Books, your rundown on books new …

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What do you want to do for the Fourth?

by Rashmee

Posted on July 4, 2022


“What do you want to do for the Fourth?” I asked my husband. “Cry…perhaps?” …

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Le Sombre Fourth of July

by Rashmee

Posted on July 5, 2018


In Tunis, America’s 242nd birthday was seemingly as it always is. KFC and beer, …

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A poet savours the jumbled flavours of America’s July 4 immigrant picnics

by Rashmee

Posted on July 8, 2016


In this election year, the weekend after Independence Day may be a good time to …

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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