Rashmee Roshan Lall

Rashmee Roshan Lall is a regular columnist for The Arab Weekly. She blogs at www.rashmee.com and is on Twitter @rashmeerl

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Ideologically aligned. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) and US President Donald Trump shake hands in the Oval Office of the White House, May 13. (AFP)
A legitimating moment for European bigotry?
May 18, 2019
People hold signs protesting China’s treatment of the Uighur people outside of British Columbia Supreme Court building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May 8. (Reuters)
Secular versus sacred: Uighurs are in a hard place
May 11, 2019
A big business. Ramadan decorations for sale at Dearborn Fresh Supermarket in Dearborn, Michigan. (AFP)
Corporate West embraces Ramadan but culturally it’s a work in progress
May 04, 2019
Sri Lankan security personnel stand guard in front of St Anthony’s Shrine two days after it was attacked in Colombo, April 23. (AFP)
Christchurch to Colombo: The unseen arc?
April 27, 2019
Gothic survivor. Cathedral of Notre Dame reflected on the River Seine after a massive fire devastated large parts of the gothic structure in Paris, April 18. (Reuters)
What the reaction to Notre Dame does and does not say
April 20, 2019
A 2017 file picture shows white nationalists attending a rally in Shelbyville, Tennessee. (AFP)
White extremism could be the plotline for a Hollywood blockbuster
April 13, 2019
Casualty of intolerance. Italian singer Alessandro Mahmoud celebrates on stage after winning the 69th Sanremo Italian Song Festival at the Ariston Theatre in Sanremo, last February. (AP)
What’s foreign and Arab about Italy’s Eurovision entry?
April 06, 2019
Electoral concerns. Retired Israeli general Benny Gantz (C) arrives to address members of his party in Tel Aviv, March 27. (AFP)
A tale of two elections: Israel 2019, US 2020
March 30, 2019
A nation in grief. Floral tributes to those who were gunned down at the two mosques are seen against a wall bordering the Botanical Garden in Christchurch, March 19. (AFP)
White nationalism is a global problem
March 23, 2019
Uncertain future. Civilians evacuated from the ISIS holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, March 5. (AFP)
After Baghouz, what do you do with ISIS families?
March 16, 2019
US President Donald Trump passes his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner during a reception at the White House in Washington. (Reuters)
What the Trump-Kushner peace plan might actually mean
March 09, 2019
A Sudanese protester waves a national flag during an anti-government demonstration in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, January 31. (AFP)
Sudan’s story is told in many ways
March 02, 2019
 A video grab shows Shamima Begum talking to a BBC reporter. (Twitter) 
Revoking citizenship is not an answer to ISIS returnee question
February 23, 2019
Not enough reason for criticism? Israeli policemen push a Palestinian imam in Hebron. (AP)
The Shylock card only serves Israel’s purpose
February 16, 2019
Venezuela’s self-declared interim leader Juan Guaido (C) speaks to supporters during a gathering at a public plaza in Las Mercedes neighbourhood of Caracas, January 29. (AP)
Turning Venezuela into a Libya-on-the Caribbean
February 02, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu attends the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem November 19, 2018. (Reuters)
Why Israel is pushing for a reset in relations with the Muslim world
January 26, 2019
Larger-than-life. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks to supporters during a rally in Sakarya, January 13. (AP)
Turkey’s state of permanent crisis serves Erdogan
January 19, 2019
US national security adviser John Bolton (2nd R) wears virtual reality goggles during a visit to the Western Wall tunnel complex in Jerusalem’s Old City, January 6. (Reuters)
VR goggles can’t reveal Trump’s Syria strategy
January 12, 2019
A Palestinian boy sits on a chair as Israeli bulldozers demolish a school site in the village of Yatta, south of Hebron, last July. (AFP)
2019 may be a happier new year than before for Palestinians
January 05, 2019
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) receives flowers from a Lebanese refugee as Migration Commissioner Annette Widmann-Mauz (R) looks on, last June. (Reuters)
Why Merkel took a massive bet on migrants as force for growth
January 05, 2019