Isil, the cosplay Caliphate. Ever noticed why it’s a bit like The Lord of the Rings?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 17, 2015
John Kerry has just called Isil “psychopathic monsters”. True, but there’s more. Benjamin Dueholm, …
Read MoreAn ISIL plane bomb means it’s prepared to be seen as it is: a terrorist group
by Rashmee
Posted on November 7, 2015
Contrary to what everyone may say or fear, hears what an ISIL bomb on a …
Read MoreISIL’s Toyota trucks bring to mind Paul Bowles’s story on the Reguibat
by Rashmee
Posted on October 11, 2015
I thought of Paul Bowles’s short story ‘A Distant Episode’ when I read about US …
Read MoreChina’s ‘counter-terrorism-sans-thought’ policies are breeding resentment
by Rashmee
Posted on March 2, 2015
Chinese policies in its western Xinjiang region are creating fertile ground for Islamic extremism, reports …
Read MoreWhat does it mean that Raqqa in Syria and Derna in Libya are twin cities?
by Rashmee
Posted on February 20, 2015
It’s been five months since Derna threw in its lot with ISIL – an opportunistic …
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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