Why I took my family to Sinai for our Passover vacation
The bottom line is this: we went to Sinai for our Passover vacation, we had a great time and returned unharmed. Does this justify an entire article on the exprience? Well, if you take into account the number of requests for television and radio interviews that I received while there, the answer is yes. The last time we were in Sinai was four years ago, nearly six months after the Egyptian Revolution in January 2011. Even back then we were one of the very few Israelis who came to relax at those same beaches that used to be packed during the Jewish holidays. Even then, people raised their eyebrows: Sinai? Now? Are you crazy?
Source: +972 Mag
Beirut to be demolished and turned into a giant car park
The government of Lebanon has come up with an innovative solution to the parking and traffic problems in the city of Beirut that is sure to transform the way we look at cities from now on. Over the next few years, the city will be demolished entirely and replaced by a giant car park. The city is notorious for its traffic jams and lack of adequate parking spaces and this solution will make residents happy and guarantee that the scheme receives wide political support.
Source: Karl reMarks
The young girls joining ISIS are in many ways just being regular teenagers
The story of three British teenage girls who left what were by all accounts comfortable and promising lives and joined the Islamic State(IS) has become a media sensation and spawned numerous analyses of what motivated their decision.
These girls are not an isolated case. Multiple incidents of young women in their late teensand early twenties leaving their homes and joining or attempting to join IS have been documented in the media. As someone who studies Islam and is interested in issues of gender in IS and the role of women in Muslim societies, I have been following these cases.
I became engrossed by a series of articles detailing the Twitter communications of some of the young women who are recruiting for IS online. Something about the way they talked and described their lives connected with a much younger, much more discontented version of myself.
Source: Muftah
