Foggy Bottom breaks it down.
On Wednesday January 25th, against the prediction of the foreign policy analysts, the Islamist party won the Palestinian parliamentary elections, claiming 76 of the 132 parliamentary seats and securing a majority in parliament. While many Palestinians genuinely support the goals of Hamas, many others were simply voting in anger against […]
news from uberculture:
“For those who heard that CZECH DREAM would not be screened tonight at
Cinema Politica, the good news has arrived: the distributors in
Europe caved in to our intense lobby efforts (well, they responded
positively to a few emails) and are now allowing us to screen this
funny and creative political doc.
CZECH DREAM will be screened tonight […]
After a summer full of afternoons at the Copa, my friend Emilie and I are always left feeling we owe the other a beer. We make half-hearted attempts to balance out, but the math of our friendship is on that longish list of things we’ve decided to let go of. Now, take my financial […]
by Ilka de Laat.
My relationship with sewing perished alongside my relationship with my fiancée. I wasn’t a particularly talented seamstress, nor was I an especially adept bride-to-be, so I’ve rarely mourned those losses. Yet the idea of the perfect dress, that started with the idea of getting married, is an ongoing story in my mind.
(serah-marie is our 4th contributing editor but she was probably my first professional friend. we met on the first day of grade seven. she came up to me on the platform where we were both waiting for the commuter train to take us home. she shook my hand. she figured since we were both wearing […]
by Michael (no longer) in Mali
I awoke this morning to the sound of children playing, light snow falling slowly from the sky. I looked out my second story residence window onto the park next to my building and saw little kids running around in their snowsuits yelling in Norwegian. I smiled. With my jet lag, […]
