Evolution is, more often than not, perceived as a worldview. Shahd Al-Janabi explores the flaws to this approach and the misconceptions that abound as a result. Creationists and other groups opposed to Evolution typically […]
“Over and over again, stories in women’s magazines insist that women can know fulfilment only at the moment of giving birth to a child…there is no other way for a woman to […]
Were the Mesopotamians a bunch of pessimists? Claudia Sirdah writes that Mesopotamian negativity is a product of their religiosity and their strong belief in fate – a mentality that can found in […]
Everyone has at least one crazy uncle. I have about six. Without airing my family laundry, it would be fair to say that I grew up in a pretty strange household, […]
Earlier this year, Edward Said’s daughter, Najla, published her memoir Looking for Palestine, dedicated to both her parents. In it she recounts a conversation she had with Said whilst she was at […]
