Stripping Shamima Begum of her citizenship is a foolish move for Britain
by Rashmee
Posted on February 19, 2019 / The Independent
Is Britain any safer now that Shamima Begum’s citizenship has been revoked? The answer has …
Read MoreIs social media getting too much blame when things go wrong?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 29, 2018
Elections. The Arab Spring. Racism. Populism. Rumours, vile as they come. Hatred towards ‘the other’.…
Read MoreOutlaw hero? How else to explain 16-year-old Linda Wenzel’s adventures with ISIS?
by Rashmee
Posted on July 21, 2017
The German teenager stole money from her parents and secretly left her peaceful little town …
Read MoreClearer skies over the Maghreb? No. Airstrikes aren’t a strategy
by Rashmee
Posted on February 22, 2016
It’s a brighter weekend than before here in the Maghreb. Supposedly. Ten degrees Celsius in …
Read MoreThe US and its repeated flip-flop on Syrian Question and how to fight Isil
by Rashmee
Posted on December 7, 2015
Are you as confused as everyone else about America’s view of the Syrian Question? Here …
Read MoreMolenbeek’s problems are not new and they show up dysfunction of Belgian state
by Rashmee
Posted on November 24, 2015
Tim King, Politico’s Brussels sketchwriter, offers an interesting reflection on Molenbeek, the suburb that has …
Read MoreAs with the Mafia, starving jihadi groups of money is not at all easy
by Rashmee
Posted on December 16, 2014
Speaking of the Mafia’s skillful financial management, as detailed by The Economist seven years ago…
Read MoreJihadist groups are the new Mafia in their use of the wages of crime
by Rashmee
Posted on December 15, 2014
The BBC is running a big study on jihad – its toll, its cost and …
Read MoreWhy the CIA torture report might remind you of a certain jihadist group
by Rashmee
Posted on December 14, 2014
“The Senate’s torture report says a CIA operative held a cordless electric drill to the …
Read More
Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK