Trump trial puts two immigrant American women in the hot seat
by Rashmee
Posted on August 4, 2023
You couldn’t make it up. Two immigrant female US federal judges randomly picked to respectively …
Read MoreWhat’s foreign and Arab about Italy’s Eurovision entry?
by Rashmee
Posted on April 7, 2019 / The Arab Weekly
There is an element of farce about the bigotry on display at the highest levels …
Read MoreCapsized Tunisian boat not just a tragedy but a template
by Rashmee
Posted on June 10, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
The Tunisian boat that sank on June 2 as it set off for Europe with …
Read MoreSajid Javid is no ‘Uncle Tom,’ for now anyway
by Rashmee
Posted on May 6, 2018 / The Arab Weekly
No one said the words “Uncle Tom” when Sajid Javid, Britain’s first Muslim ethnic minority …
Read MoreA Midwestern grin and a poem about the TSA. Amit Majmudar is clearly no ABCD
by Rashmee
Posted on December 12, 2016
Reading Amit Majmudar’s poem ‘T.S.A.’, named after that unwieldy monster post-9/11 organisation, America’s Transportation Security …
Read MoreA 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