Gaza, my city
The other day, Yousuf came home from kindergarten with a small project. He was given a paper to fill out to help him learn his address. It listed several categories: Street, City, State, Zipcode and...
View ArticleThe radical babes of Gaza
I want another baby. I really do. Yassine-not so much. But he may not have to worry-at least not if Martin Kramer has his way. The current fellow at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International...
View ArticleNPR, Settlements, and Objective American Journalism
OK I need to get this off my chest. So I’m listening to NPR the other day on my way back from Yousuf’s school (note to self: don’t listen to NPR’s coverage of the Middle East, even when there is...
View ArticleI am Palestine
Last Sunday, we attended an evening commemorating Palestinian Land Day. I went someone hesitantly since the event was co-sponsored by the PLO mission in Washington. But Yassine convinced it was worth...
View ArticleThe parameters of peace
Here are excerpts of my latest piece in the Hill’s pundits blog, which asked me to respond to the question: Can the Obama administration forge a peace agreement, and what steps should it be taking in...
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