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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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (L), Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner (C-R) and his wife Ivanka Trump at the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, on May 14. (AFP)
Making blood sport of Palestinian misery
May 19, 2018
An Iranian man holds United States 100-dollar bills at a currency exchange office in a shopping centre in Tehran. (AFP)
Unisolationism: A new word and imagination reboot for Trump’s America
May 12, 2018
Newly-appointed Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives in Downing Street, on May 1. (AP)
Sajid Javid is no ‘Uncle Tom,’ for now anyway
May 05, 2018
“The Merchant of Syria: A History of Survival" by Diana Darke
Another lens to view Syria: its merchants
April 28, 2018
US President Donald Trump (R) talks with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Taormina in Italy, last May. (AP)
A ‘snowflake’ strategy for Syria
April 21, 2018
US Navy fighter jet takes off from the deck of the USS. Dwight D Eisenhower aircraft carrier. (AP)
Trump’s faux war in Syria
April 14, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to hold a joint press conference in Ankara, on April 3. (AFP)
The sultan and the tsar: A modern fairy tale from Ankara
April 07, 2018
French security officers walk past a cordoned off area in Carcassonne near the supermarket of Trebes, on March 23 on March 23. (Reuters)
French murderous rampage not much different from US school shootings
March 31, 2018
Syrian President Bashar Assad (R), his wife Asma (3-R), his daughter Zein(2-L), and sons Hafez (3-L) and Karim (L) speak to locals during a visit to Homs, last December. (Syrian Presidency )
Assad: The movie — Journeys into Alt Reality
March 24, 2018
Republican Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky speaks during a press conference at the US Capitol to announce his opposition to the nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as new Secretary of State, on March 14. (AP)
Should we care that the US changes its top diplomat?
March 17, 2018
Russian soldiers gather at Wafideen camp in Damascus, on March 1. (Reuters)
Three facts on Syria that are best said aloud
March 03, 2018
An MQ-1B Predator remotely piloted aircraft flies during a training mission in Nevada. (AFP)
Why warmongers must have skin in the game
February 24, 2018
Booming demand. A hijab-wearing model poses during a shoot at a studio in New York City. (Reuters)
One does not have to be Muslim to seek the freedom not to bare
February 17, 2018
A man holds a flare in front of a banner reading "Movements against fascism and racism" during an anti-racism demonstration in the Italian town of Macerata, on February 10. (AFP)
Italy has fewer migrants now but hateful Trumpian echoes resound
February 10, 2018
Relatives of a Turkish Army officer who was killed during the operation against Syria’s Afrin region mourn during his funeral ceremony in Istanbul, on January 28. (Reuters)
In Turkey, an ominous question: Can war ever be good for public health?
February 03, 2018
New realities. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L) Jordanian King Abdullah II (C) and Queen Rania of Jordan speak during the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, on January 24. (The Jordanian Royal Palace)
Davos and the Arab project
January 26, 2018

Even a gossipy book can have some truths about Trump and the Middle East
January 22, 2018

Arabic content is key to journey down the digital highway
January 15, 2018

A small toy figure is seen on representations of the Bitcoin virtual currency in this illustration picture. (Reuters)
Bitcoin is the new hawala — no more, no less
January 08, 2018

Trump’s security plan sees Middle East as dark, dangerous place
January 05, 2018