But first a shout out to Twitter-my social media comfort zone-and the positive #Iwantmycountrybacktweets. Mine was about…ehm pizza.
The Foreign Policy Essay: Mosul on the Mediterranean? The Islamic State in Libya and U.S. Counterterrorism Dilemmas
I liked this analysis “The Islamic State has come to Libya. The very sentence is enough to ring alarm bells that the fractured country—long neglected by Washington—is… Read more “The Foreign Policy Essay: Mosul on the Mediterranean? The Islamic State in Libya and U.S. Counterterrorism Dilemmas”
Solving my own puzzle
In a city of 22 million he lays his head on the dusty mattress and pokes the cotton tickling his face pushing it back inside, with provision,… Read more “Solving my own puzzle”
Dictator Stamp. Idealism
You Again. And the Inner Peace that Accompanies every thought like Pure Honey on a Green Tea Leaf. You and all that you are– and all I’m sure you… Read more “Dictator Stamp. Idealism”
Cairo
Safe indoors – noisy outside.
a special poem
This is about love. Sometimes there’s a burning flame inside me, an anxiety–a harboring curiosity that says go do it. Sometimes there’s nothing. It bothers me that… Read more “a special poem”
This post isn’t about love
I saw the movie The Judge the other day. Billy Bob Thornton says something about how white trash is also protected by the law. I thought of… Read more “This post isn’t about love”
Arabic the mother tounge
I grew up speaking ‘broken Arabic.’ I could reply to my mom and understand but not fluently. It only got better as my family traveled to Libya… Read more “Arabic the mother tounge”
Yusra Tekbali 