Technology
Here’s What This Popular Coding Acronym Means
Photographed by Erin Yamagata. Welcome to What the Tech?!, Refinery29's weekly column explaining the basics behind a buzzword or concept you've heard tossed around ……Read More
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Books
On Translation: Shadi Rohana on the Joys and Disasters of Spanish-Arabic Translation
Shadi Rohana spoke at this year’s Palestine International Book Fair, which ran from May 7-17. He continued the discussion with Budour Hassan and Nora Lester ……Read More
Immigration
What Is an “Appropriate” Surety Company for Immigration Bond Purposes?
A friend sent me a curious article from the News Leader newspaper in Virginia detailing a lawsuit filed by Nexus Services, Inc., a company that ……Read More
Fashion
The Body Shop Pakistan: Mother’s Day Celebration
Sudden surprises please me the most. The Body Shop is my all time favorite brand and I do appreciate the fact that TBS ……Read More
Books
It’s Pub Day: 5 Reasons to Read Basma Abdel Aziz’s Terrifying, Hopeful, Dystopic Fantasy ‘The Queue’
It’s publication day for Basma Abdel Aziz’s The Queue, translated into fluid, persuasive English by Elisabeth Jaquette, and published by Melville House Press: 5) This book will be ……Read More
Immigration
Elon Musk’s Name Is Mud in the Foreign Worker Field
Silicon Valley's highly regarded innovator Elon Musk — he of Tesla fame — turns out to be just another exploitative user of what I regard ……Read More