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 …

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What’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 …

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Capsized 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 …

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Sajid 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 …

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A 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 …

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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