middle east

My Airport: JFK

the world is yours

The National Monument(s) at Rashayya

Contested pasts embraced in a Lebanese citadel

Throwing in the Trowel

The art of punditry is not too far from masonry.

Oeconoclast Primary category in which blog post is published

Iran: Wealth and Colonialism

Iran has had its share of troubles over the past couple of millenia.

Tell your representatives to stop the war in Yemen

A cholera epidemic has affected over a million people. Education has been interrupted at all levels due to the insecurity and bombing of schools.

Edward Said, 40 years later

The academy evolved, but has anyone else?

My Dictator Primary category in which blog post is published

Saddam Is a US butcher! Down with the US butcher!

Far as we were from Iraq, Saddam Hussein was a bogeyman that haunted us.