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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US President Donald Trump speaks about the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, DC, January 8, (AFP)
Trump’s threat to ruin Iraq financially has a historical parallel
January 18, 2020
Former Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn speaks at a press conference in Beirut, January 8. (AFP)
Carlos Ghosn could be bad news for Lebanon
January 11, 2020
The Palestinian neighbourhood of Silwan is seen, with the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the background, in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, December 10. (AFP)
United States is absent from discussion of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
January 04, 2020
This image shows a screen grab of the Twitter account of US President Donald Trump, his face superimposed on a picture of Silvester Stallone Rocky III boxing movie, November 27. (@realDonaldTrump / AFP)
It’s going to be a year of ‘conscious uncoupling’
December 21, 2019
Rohingya refugees watch on a mobile phone a live feed of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's appearance at the UN's International Court of Justice in the Hague, December 11.  (AFP)
Gambia’s case on behalf of the Rohingyas underlines shared humanity not just Muslim concerns
December 18, 2019
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan attend a vigil for victims of a fatal attack on London Bridge in London, Britain December 2, 2019. REUTERS
Does Britain believe in deradicalisation anymore?
December 07, 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 4. (Reuters)
Israeli history offers lessons for Palestinian leaders
November 30, 2019
More land to grab. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (C) meets with heads of Israeli settlement authorities at the Alon Shvut settlement in the Gush Etzion block in the occupied West Bank, November 19.(AFP)
US foreign policy has bipolar disorder
November 23, 2019
An Israeli settler prepares olive oil containers at the Achia Olive press factory in the Jewish settlement of Shilo in the occupied West Bank. (AFP)
Past shame cannot change the labelling of Israeli settlements products
November 16, 2019
Anti-government demonstrators chant slogans during a protest on November 9. (AFP)
Arab spring, summer, autumn, winter… worldwide
November 09, 2019
Syrian artist Aziz al-Asmar (C) poses with relatives near a mural, in the town of Binnish in Idlib province, depicting US president Donald Trump directing the "play" of killing ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria, October 28. (AFP)
It really wasn’t Trump’s bin Laden moment
October 30, 2019
Civilians ride in the back of a truck as they flee villages that were taken over by Turkey-backed fighters in the countryside of Tal Abyad, October 24. (AFP)
In Syria, history is repeating itself
October 26, 2019
A good friend? Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands during their meeting in Ankara, September 16. (Reuters)
Is it OK to say thank God for Russia?
October 19, 2019
US President Donald Trump (R) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, June 29. (AFP)
The US presidency has just gone even more global
October 09, 2019
No end in sight. Migrants wait to board a bus during the evacuation of a makeshift camp in La Villette Park in Paris, August 28. (AFP)
Europe does battle again with the demons of migration
October 05, 2019
Passengers wait in front of Thomas Cook's office at Palma de Mallorca Airport in Palma, Spain September 25, 2019. (DPA)
Regional tourism must move on from the Thomas Cook package
September 25, 2019
In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018 photo, Chinese visitors arrive to the opening of the Syria rebuilding exhibition at the fair grounds in Damascus, Syria. (AP)
Rebuilding Syria, one luxury hotel at a time
September 21, 2019
Impractical approach. US President Donald Trump (L) and his new Middle East peace envoy Avi Berkowitz. (Twitter)
Israeli prime minister’s unilateralism is informed by Trump’s style
September 14, 2019
A refugee family show their papers to a policeman as they arrive at a detention camp in northern Greece. (AFP)
Europe’s asylum policies are arbitrary and set a bad example
September 07, 2019
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, August 30. (Reuters)
For now, Trump-Iran talks are about talking
August 31, 2019