Fear and loathing in Culiacan, Sinaloa
At around two in the morning on Monday, November 25 ā just hours after my arrival in the city of Culiacan in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, home of…
This year, Arab-American political power came to the fore
One of the major political developments in the United States that has gotten little attention in the wake of the Democratsā astounding loss in the November 5 elections is the success…
Israel and the ICC: A legal scholarās response to The Washington Post
On November 24, The Washington Postās editorial board published a piece in which it laid out its views on the arrest warrants for Israeli officials recently issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber…
There are no āhumanitarian zonesā or āevacuation ordersā in Gaza
As you read this, many families in Gaza are weighing whether they should flee their current shelter and risk having to endure the harsh winter out on the streets or…
Itās time to tax fossil fuels and shipped goods to fund climate resilience
A few days after the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku concluded, I reflected on the consequences of Hurricane Beryl ripping through the Caribbean five months ago. In its wake,…
Loving it: Populist on populist violence
I donāt know about you, but, recently, I have enjoyed watching an entertaining spasm of populist-on-populist violence.Perhaps āviolenceā is too strong a word. Populist-on-populist āanimusā may be a more accurate…
I am starving in Gaza and I donāt believe the world canāt do anything
For over a year now, my family and I have been displaced from northern Gaza to Deir el-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip. Throughout this time, we, along…
Apartheid economy continues to haunt South Africa
On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old girl from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, passed away from suspected food poisoning after eating snacks bought at a āspaza shopā…
Netanyahu dreams of a greater Israel, but his own world has just shrunk
On November 21, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it had issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former Defence Minister…
How and why UNIFIL failed to ākeep peaceā in Lebanon
During Israelās most recent invasion of Lebanon, the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) based in the country repeatedly come under fire. The Israeli army targeted its headquarters and positions in…
The ceasefire in Lebanon will not last long
And so it has come to pass. Late on Tuesday night, Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon, which came into effect at 4am (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday. The deal,…
Israelās UNRWA ban is a spectacular own goal
It has been almost a month since the Israeli Knesset voted to bar UNRWA from operating in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza and the West Bank. The Israeli authorities…