Post-revolutionary Stress Disorder
Monday, November 13, 2023
Losing generations for fun and profit
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One of my many guilty pleasures is watching moderately old Egyptian TV dramas. They are a universe on their own. It is hard to describe, but...
Saturday, November 11, 2023
What is there to see, between the river and the sea?
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When America was attacked on September the 11 th , it waged a righteous war in Afghanistan and a dumb war in Iraq. In both wars, when the US...
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Gates of Habu, Way of Horus, Trail of brain farts
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The mortuary temple of Rameses the third on the west bank of Thebes is a sight to behold. I am particularly obsessed with the preservation o...
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
Why do people protest?
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Protests sweeping the world today seem to be a strong echo of the protests that rocked the middle east in the Arab spring. People are tryi...
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Wednesday, October 9, 2019
The Arab Spring going home to die
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Western neo-liberals and neo-conservatives alike have had varying degrees of ease defending and promoting the Arab Spring. The high point w...
Friday, October 19, 2018
The west’s MbS BS problem
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One thing characterizes the intrigue around the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi: Confusion. There is confusion about what happened to him...
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