JULY 22, 2015, Counterpunch.org. When a former Syrian student of mine, Walid, announced that he’d resolved to pay smugglers to get him to Europe, I…

FEBRUARY 5, 2014, Counterpunch.org. How can I distinguish between a 4-year old alawite corpse and a 6 month old miasmatic christian infant, between an orphan…

DECEMBER 6, 2013, Counterpunch.org. Poetic designations like Qalamoun are propelled into international consciousness as new sites of combat and desolation. Because Qalamoun lies strategically on…

 JUL 31, 2019, ArabAmerica. If you think you’ve seen enough of conflict, especially the war in Syria, you haven’t. From love of nation and loathing…

OCTOBER 20, 2017, Counterpunch.org The Iraqi government has every right to assert control over Kirkuk and its environs. (One only wonders why it waited this…

MARCH 16, 2018, Counterpunch.org “Scientists Outside History” was published in the September 1996 issue of Natural History, the popular educational journal of the American Museum…