Fashion
Rewind 2014: A Year in Photos
It’s official…2014 is out, 2015 is in! But before we move on to all things new and exciting, I wanted to do a little revisiting, ……Read More
Lifestyle
Immigration
Immigration in the 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
(This is the second item analyzing the 2105 Homeland Security funding bill; the first item examined the proposed amendments.) The new Congress, with a Republican majority ……Read More
Immigration
Proposed Amendments to the 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill
In an upcoming piece, I will briefly review some highlights to the House of Representatives version of the Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 240) that ……Read More
Books
In a Shift, Five Women Authors on 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist
This morning, the 16-strong longlist for the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) was announced: The selected titles were pulled from a list of 180 entries from 15 countries. ……Read More
Books
Hemingway Grants Go To Translation of Works by Abdellatif Laâbi, Mohamed Nedali
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. announced the 2014 recipients of the Hemingway Grant last month, and among the grant-ees were translations of ……Read More
Community
Hindus welcome Sinha’s appointment as Bangladesh’s Chief Justice
Worldwide Hindus have commended Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s appointment as the next 21st Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Bangladesh based in Dhaka. Distinguished Hindu ……Read More