(I wrote this comment for The Nation) There is a grocery store near my apartment in Brooklyn called the NSA Food Markets (NSA here stands for National Supermarket Association). I joke with my friends that since they’re the NSA, they must know what I’ll be buying and ought to have …
The sentencing on June 23 of three Al Jazeera journalists, each to at least seven years in prison, by an Egyptian court is a travesty of justice. It provides further proof that Egypt is continuing its rush to dictatorship with Washington’s support. The case against the three journalists for allegedly …
Here’s the problem with The Square, Jehane Noujaim’s documentary about Egypt. Because it decides to forgo explaining all but the most basic …
Things I learned from watching Zero Dark Thirty 1. It’s fine, really, to wear an Ann Taylor suit to your first torture …
I wrote a quick response to Israel’s attack on Syria for The Progressive magazine. It can be found here (click on post …
I was in Egypt during late November and early December. I wrote two short pieces about what’s happening there. They can be …
I wrote this essay on Islamophobia and “white anxiety” shortly before the November 2012 US election, and it was published in The Cairo …
Here we go again. A preposterous provocation easily manages to ignite fevered protests in Muslim-majority countries around the world, and everyone is …
As read by Moustafa Bayoumi. [Click on the video on the home page.]