Posted on June 15, 2009 by Christa
Obama’s speech in Cairo threw down the gauntlet for Israeli leaders to respond. The New York Times observed that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech was as much done for the Israeli evening news as it was for the Obama administration. I found it boring, infuriating, and tend to agree with Aliyana Traison of Haaretz that it [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by Christa
Cairo is an ancient city that has become a modern urban hub of the Arab world. It is the primary place to produce Arabic pop music, the favored study abroad location for Americans looking to study the Arab world, and the birth place of Pan Arabism and the Muslim Brotherhood. Ponder all those contradictions for [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2009 by Christa
I’ve gotten some great feedback from my question to y’all about the US boycott of the UN sponsored conference on racism. I’m still welcoming more opinions, but I’m going to go ahead and get started in crafting my own. First, I think we all need a little background information.
The Failed 2001 Conference
This conference was designed [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by Christa
Yesterday, I wrote about the debate over whether the US, Afghanistan, and Pakistan should begin negotiations with select militants that would include the Taliban. Well it looks like its actually happening.
The [joint statement issued by the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan] statement said that each would continue to deny providing a sanctuary to terrorists and [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2008 by Christa
As you may have heard, Colin Powell has come out and endorsed Obama over McCain. I don’t think the endorsement itself will do much in terms of gaining votes among undecided voters, but I could be wrong. I think the best thing about the endorsement is what Powell said about all the rumors surrounding Obama.
President [...]
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Posted on February 5, 2008 by Christa
In the wake of the Palestinian crisis in Gaza, a suicide bombing occurred in Israel, killing one (the numbers of Israeli casualties in the overall conflict is very very disproportionate to the Palestinian, remember that). It reminded me of an article I had previously read which could have easily predicted this kind of retribution even [...]
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Surrealist, transitioning environmentalist, faux-liberal, wanna be artsy indie hipster, occasional self-hating Neo-Luddite, post-Orientalism constructivist, pro-theist agnostic(ish) Christian and Miami native gone rogue in DC.