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