Sarah Palin v Queer Theory
Which is more empowering or threatening for the gay community: the idea that sexuality is a lifestyle choice (unnatural) or an innate trait (natural)?
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Mid-life gardening… fertile futility
You cut, trim, mulch, fertilise, spray, dig, weed, rake and tidy up for half your weekend. The other half you keep looking at what still needs doing as the futility of mid-life gardening grows deep within.
Read Moreالحب في زمن النزاع
قرارات المحاكم الأخيرة في مصر وإسرائيل تُظهِر مدى الشك الذي وصل إليه اليهود والعرب الإسرائيليين
Read MoreLove in times of conflict
Arabs and Israelis tend to view personal relationships that cross the divide between them with suspicion, perhaps because individual love has the power to undermine collective hate.
Read MoreLove and loathing in Egypt and Israel
By calling Egyptians who marry Israelis traitors, Egypt has betrayed a group of vulnerable people who are guilty of little more than loving across enemy lines.
Read MoreWhy do men leave?
Marriage and fatherhood bring out the best in some. But for many it’s an unbearable weight, and so they leave.Why is this?
Read MorePolygamy for all
A Saudi journalist is demanding that women be given the right to four husbands. Should equality mean monogamy or polygamy for all?
Read MoreAll tied up in knots
In Egypt, getting married has young people all tied up in knots.
Read MoreWhat’s love got to do with the marriage business?
By Osama Diab For Egyptian marriage offices, the search for profit has replaced the search for a perfect union. June
Read MoreA question of individuality for Egyptian women
A compromise has been reached on the personal status law that will give Egyptian women some long-awaited rights, but questions remain on how long it will take for more reform to occur.
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