When the Healing Place Exploded
Clothes, plants, and broken aluminum doors on balconies—all was inside out.
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Posts Tagged: Qatar
Nothing Foreign about It: Talking with Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad discusses his debut novel American War, suicide terrorism, fossil fuels, and blankets.
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TORCH: An Alien, Ineligible for Participation
That a bumbling demagogue would be able to take this institutional racism and weaponize it is, then, not really a surprise. The seeds for this hate were planted a long time ago.
...moreWorld Cup Slaves: A Rumpus Roundup
Earlier today, the United States Attorney General charged 14 FIFA officials with 47 counts of corruption, racketeering, wire fraud, and money laundering. FIFA is the international association that oversees football (soccer), including the World Cup. Pundits have already begun to ponder what these corruption charges mean for upcoming World Cups in Russia (2018) and Qatar […]
...moreMorning Coffee
Just when I was starting to lose faith in my city of choice, they go and announce a trampoline park. The New York Times wants you to be all about container gardens. Meanwhile, in England, Cambridge celebrated its 800th year, as all dignified people and places do, with a rad light show. And if you […]
...morePolitics Sunday
Going after evil on the Internets, vigilante style. (via) India’s “best-known contemporary painter” moves to Qatar because of threats from hard-line Hindus. Some folks are saying that African poverty is … declining! (via) “There is a human rights crisis in the US that can no longer be ignored – millions of Americans are unable to secure […]
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