Bits and pieces written of late:
“Perspectives: Musings from the Moroccan South,” a photo essay, in Al Qawl, the student-run blog of Georgetown’s MAAS program, March 28, 2012.
“Between culture and religion: the case of FGC,” in Gender Across Borders: a global feminist blog, in a series on Culture and Human Rights, January 13, 2012. This essay summarizes a longer case study, designed for use in an undergraduate classroom, which can be found here.,
Report on links between maternal mortality & religion, November 10, 2011, written with the Berkley Center and World Faiths Development Dialogue, as well as interviews (conducted as background research for the project) with the John Dau Foundation, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, and Serving in Mission.
Review of three films playing at the Boston Palestinian Film Festival, for Jadaliyya, October 24, 2011.
Review, written with Nour Joudah, of the DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival, for Jadaliyya, October 8, 2011.
Review of Laila Lalami’s Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits and Tahar Ben Jelloun’s A Palace in the Old Village, for Jadaliyya, August 3, 2011.
Review of Dunia: Kiss Me Not on the Eyes, for Jadaliyya, June 13, 2011
On Mannequins and Messaging in the New York Times, Muslimah Media Watch, February 10th, 2010
I also wrote this Wikipedia article on family law reforms in Morocco as a part of the Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative, Fall 2010
An overview of Moroccan wines, July 13, 2010
You can also read my old blog, which documents the 27 months I spent with the Peace Corps in southern Morocco.
