Archive for August, 2013

S-L-M: Peace

• Inshallah, Biden, Inshallah
  During the first (and probably only) presidential debate ahead of the 2020 elections, Democratic candidate Joe Biden uttered a word so quickly that you might have missed it. You might have thought he coughed, or that it was some funny insider-joke word (if you couldn’t really hear what it was). But for the incredulous Muslims … More Inshallah, Biden, Inshall […]
• Non à France’s Neo-Colonial Aspirations in Beirut
  The August 4th explosion in Beirut’s port created a crater in the center of the Lebanese capital that is a stark visual representation of the country’s social, political and economic turmoil. Lebanon’s long, free-falling descent culminated in an explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate that left over 180 people dead, billions in dollars’ worth … More Non […]