The Obama administration’s last-minute stand with the Palestinians
by Rashmee
Posted on January 8, 2017 / The Arab Weekly
Much scorn is being poured on the Obama administration’s belated scramble to defend Palestinian rights …
Read MoreMight Syria really become the 21st century’s Carthage, ruined cities of sighs?
by Rashmee
Posted on October 5, 2016
Carthage after the Romans. It’s a powerful and dispiriting image and it was evoked by …
Read MoreEgypt, a bloodied nation, a nation in tears. Can we now agree to call it a coup?
by Rashmee
Posted on August 14, 2013
You do not have to be a Muslim Brotherhood supporter, you do not have to …
Read MoreJohn Kerry manages to pull silken security strings in Pakistan
by Rashmee
Posted on August 1, 2013
John Kerry’s first visit to Pakistan as secretary of state. Things are looking, if …
Read MoreFormer Egypt president fridge is fine, says EU’s top diplomat
by Rashmee
Posted on July 30, 2013
This is high diplomacy for Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs …
Read MoreObama bin Laden: Anti-Americanism more ‘popular’ than ever
by Rashmee
Posted on July 19, 2013
As John Kerry flags off new Middle East negotiations about negotiations, one has to wonder …
Read MoreJohn Kerry: Modest boastfulness vs boastful modesty?
by Rashmee
Posted on May 30, 2013
Was John Kerry being modestly boastful or boastfully modest while talking to young Ethiopians in …
Read MoreKerry’s right-to-be-stupid speech will be remembered
by Rashmee
Posted on February 26, 2013
John Kerry has celebrated Americans’ right to be stupid even as Foreign Policy celebrates his …
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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