How we go about identifying ourselves is a compelling element which forever circles the spindle of our identities; but defining ones character, ones personhood, is not as simple as being born into citizenry – it is not just what we are defined as legally, but what we are, what we claim to be and that […] […]

Fight to end war so there will be nothing to memorialise; no statues built, no nameless graves decorated with dying flowers and no long-winded tributes delivered by those who manufacture conflict – who do not enter the battlefield but send thousands to kill and mutilate and occupy on their behalf. For the sake of those […] […]

My mothers personal story of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, translated from its original Arabic text. Bleeding, after bleeding, after bleeding. War and destruction, murder and expulsion. Where is the way out? What is our destiny? Death is everywhere. There is no security under your sky, O Lebanon. There is no safety in your streets, […] […]

The blood has not yet dried on the streets of Boston after a horrific attack which left three dead and dozens injured, yet the question for many now is not the identity of the perpetrator but how long his beard is. The local authorities have not identified any suspects yet a plethora of minds have […] […]

I loathe the premise that people of colour should be ‘grateful’ that others are taking notice of their subjugation, or that they should bite their tongues and clench their fists and instead show gratitude because their varied plights are being in some way ‘acknowledged‘ by others. “Shouldn’t you be glad that people are recognizing these […] […]

I did not identify as a feminist long ago, in fact I would squirm, roll my eyes, groan and shoo away any mention of feminism with a simple wave of my hand. Feminism was a word I detested, that I deplored, that I viewed as nothing more than a means to strap myself boldly to […] […]

Here are 5 drone-themed Valentine’s day cards I have created, for that special someone in your life. Drone strikes and their victims: the untold stories 10 children, 4 women killed in NATO airstrike as they slept The face of “collateral damage” US drone war reaches Somalia, Pakistan and Yemen DOJ kill list memo forces many Dems out […] […]

This will be the first entry in the Frustrated Arab Comic Series Entry 1: White Feminism […]

May we create enough light this year so that we may tread safely into the unknown; cheers to a new year and to another chance for us to rise above that which aims to undermine us, that which aims to unclench our fists, that which attempts to force us to our knees. Cheers to a […] […]

After much debate and tiring back and forth it seems as though doctors have finally come to agree as to the definition of ‘brain death’; it is to enjoy reading anything by Mona Eltahawy. Mona Eltahawy, self-described “columnist and international public speaker on Arab and Muslim issues”, seems to have ‘poet’ to add to her […] […]