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Europe’s Hot Summer
It seems the heat of this summer is spreading in more ways than one, as – hot on the heels of the burning of a pro-Palestinian bookshop in Paris and the hushed coverage of the murder of Marwa...
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Clotilde Reiss: Lover of Iran, Prisoner of Evin
Clotilde Reiss seems one of those rare, wonderful people who fall in love with a country at a young age and revel in the beauty of the language, culture and society for the rest of their lives. First...
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Gog and Magog Made Me Do It
It’s still cringe-worthy to recall that the utterer of these words was elected to lead any nation, let alone one of the most powerful: Gog and Magog are at work in the Middle East…. The biblical...
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60 Minutes: Paris-Tunis
I have been in Tunis 60 minutes and while my suitcase is still packed, my impressions are unpacking apace. I’m still ambivilent about Paris CDG airport: its sprawling greenhouse of a departure lounge...
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Clothilde Reiss Freed
After almost one year, the French teacher is returning from Iran: Reiss, a French teacher at Isfahan university in central Iran, was arrested on 1st July 2009 when she was about to leave the country....
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The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing Crème Caramel
Cruel? Perhaps. Wickedly funny? Oh, yes:
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Israel and the Burqa Ban
Part of me is riled by Kadima MK Marina Solodkin, while the remainder is surprised that Israel has not taken the step already. My tweet was a bit cryptic, so allow me to expand: according to Solodkin,...
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Time and Music: Quand Tu Danses
It’s strange how certain facts (like the names of my students) can prove ever elusive, while snippets of a song in a far off land can linger for years. And, thanks to the virtues of technology, are now...
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Intelligent Women? Rare as Bicephalous Gorillas
The following excerpt by the French sociologist Gustave Le Bon was composed in 1879 and is a testament to how far the perception of women has (mercifully!) advanced: In the most intelligent races,...
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Mona Eltahawy vs. Tariq Ramadan Smack-down
I have a theory that if womankind watches Mona Eltahawy each morning, the global patriarchal structure would fall and by Sunday midday a new matriarchal world order would be in place: For more...
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