Last week was a flood of bad news online, beginning with the ongoing confusion surrounding the crash of a Russian jet in the Sinai peninsula, and ending with two terrorists attacks. That’s right: two. One…Continue Reading
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How to Tell if You Might Turn into Rachel Dolezal
Newly arrived to America, from the ethnocentric post-doc community of Canada, was like being thrown in a pile of snow. “Report to the library to talk to the reporter about Martin Luther King Jr.,” my…Continue Reading
5 Rules for Reading Gender in Arab Pop Fiction
As many of you know, I am a professor of literature and writing. Last week the fall term began with exciting new developments: I am teaching a new course, called Gender in Popular Arab Fiction.…Continue Reading