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  • Women’s empowerment, from proposal to reality – The Olive Press Reblog

    Women’s empowerment, from proposal to reality – The Olive Press Reblog

    At my current position at Anera, I have been fortunate enough to put my training from academia into applied practice. This summer, I visited one of our women’s economic empowerment projects in Qalqilya, Palestine, a project that was the result of one of the first successful grant applications that I had submitted with Anera. Here Read more

  • Reflections on The Model Arab League Manual

    Reflections on The Model Arab League Manual

    The Model Arab League Manual is the culmination of over decade’s joys and frustrations, all shared with one of the best colleagues I’ve ever had. Thank you so much to Manchester University Press, NCUSAR, and all of our former students and colleagues who helped us delve through mountains of paperwork, PDFs, and archival research to… Read more

  • Damsels, Distress, and Deadpool: An Indictment of Movie Trailers

    Damsels, Distress, and Deadpool: An Indictment of Movie Trailers

    Morena Baccarin! Calling out, through pithy dialogue, the lack of strong women in comic book movies (and most movies)! And then punching someone in the face! I watched the movie, excited for this one moment to occur, and then… Nothing. WHAT? Read more

  • Nerd Cred and Teaching with Ms. Marvel

    Nerd Cred and Teaching with Ms. Marvel

    Jumping into actual comic books from the movies and television shows is terrifying and daunting. It’s like jumping into Doctor Who: where do you start? From the beginning? From the most recent major event? And with what character? And what publisher? And will people judge you if you pick the wrong place to start? And… Read more

  • Judaism, the Convert, and Identity

    Judaism, the Convert, and Identity

    The beauty of conversion is that one chooses their religious identity–that one becomes Jewish because it the religion that speaks most to them. But there is a comfort that comes from inheriting tradition that we did not realize we took for granted prior to conversion, from the little things we did in our pre-Jewish lives… Read more

  • Love: It’s What Makes a Subaru MY Subaru

    Love: It’s What Makes a Subaru MY Subaru

    I will start this post off by saying that yes, this is shameless pandering on some level.  But nothing I’m about to say about my car isn’t completely true (and anyone who has ever heard me wax on and on about my nearly eighteen-year-old car can confirm the validity of the sentiments hereafter). My parents purchased Read more