And the award for the Worst Piece of Writing On the Arab Spring goes to… Congratulations esteemed New York Times bestselling author Harvey Mackay! You have written the most vapid, cliched, and factually incorrect–not to mention offensive to the entire Moroccan social justice movement–piece on the Arab Spring (well, in 2012 anyway). Your prose is gag-inducing, […]
Month: June 2012
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Reading (6/6/2012)
Detained at Ben Gurion: “Do you feel more Arab or more American?” she asked. I had answered the ten previous questions very calmly, but with this question I looked back at the security official confused and irritated. She couldn’t have been much older than me—her business attire and stern facial expressions did not mask her […]