Category: Archive

Analysis on Palestinian history, Middle East politics, and the ongoing struggle for justice.

Category: Archive

At a coffee shop in Dubai

  At a coffee shop in Dubai   Jamal Kanj March 4, 2012 6:06 am @jamalkk   It was a sidewalk coffee shop at a busy intersection in the city of Dubai. I was sipping a cup of cappuccino while waiting for a late friend. Next to the coffee shop

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9/11 Ten Years Later: What have we learned?

Like many, I remember vividly the morning of September 11, 2001. I was in Pennsylvania participating in a conference for the American Public Works Association at Philadelphia’s Convention Centre. Walking into the conference hall just around 9 am, I couldn’t help but noticing a large group of likewise professionals congregating

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Singapore, the Little Strange Place

This is my second trip to Singapore in a year. I had great expectations of the place in anticipation for the first trip last February, but to my disappointment, did not see it much different from San Diego or Dubai. First, I must admit committing a malfeasance flying into Singapore

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Jamal Kanj

Jamal Kanj (jamalkanj.com) is the author of Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America, and other books. He writes frequently on Arab world issues for various national and international publications.