Neda Ulaby

The Jewish Woman Who Was the Love of Palestine’s Most Famous Poet Died This Week “Rita is an erotic poem. … Rita in all my poems is a Jewish woman.” – Mahmoud Darwish, in a 1996 interview with Israeli literary critic Helit Yeshurun. On Feb. 24, Tamar Ben-Ami, a Jewish-Israeli woma...

"I swim in the light of your eyes. I lean on your shoulder, eat with you, and press your hand which lies like a bird in my hand, who has no desire to fly away. Where would it fly to? From me … to you."

- Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, writing to his lover Tamar Ben-Ami, who died this week.

I’m off for a week and oh wow, “History Lessons” by Zoe B. Wallbrook was *precisely* what I needed as a vacation read.

Trump would like the government he leads to pay him billions President Trump is asking the federal government for billions of dollars in damages, putting his own Justice Department on the spot and creating an unprecedented ethical morass.

Trump would like the government he leads to pay him billions

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Oh my heart.

Job offer!!
I’m helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.

This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!

Adjusting to a smart rescue dog (chonky dobie mix) after a dumb one (greyhound, beloved dingdong, RIP sweetie) has been quite the challenge.

YouTube video by SaraBareillesVEVO Famous 5eva (Official Music Video)

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That would’ve been the smarter way to do it! 😁

Wake me up when People magazine puts Manny Jacinto on the cover

Hearting to help with traction

When I used to sort Susan’s mail as a production assistant, I saw a postcard sent to her from someone in prison. It said, “dear susan, whoever I hear your voice, it’s feels like an arm around my shoulders.” I felt that way too.

How Charlie Chaplin used his uncanny resemblance to Hitler to fight fascism It's been 85 years since The Great Dictator first dazzled audiences in 1940. It was a big risk for one of the world's most popular performers to take a stand against fascism on film.

"Comedy is the greatest way to attack anything like a totalitarian regime. They can't stand it." —Ray Bradbury on Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" ...apropos of everything

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YouTube video by TheSpecialsOfficVEVO The Specials - Ghost Town [Official HD Remastered Video]

Tonight in DC, I walked past a restaurant blaring this on the outside speakers, and wasn’t sure if it was for Halloween or the government shutdown. youtu.be/RZ2oXzrnti4?...

Something about a dog that is a little extra makes it extra hard to say goodbye. Zoom was a racetrack survivor and a beloved pet. Rest in power.

Today is my birthday, and you know how old I am? I’m “you’re such a pretty girl, why are you wearing such terrible clothes” years old.

I constantly forget what “stochastic” means and I’ve had to look it up three times in the past four days.

Single Drunk Female. Offputting title, absolutely tremendous show.

In Maine, prisoners are thriving in remote jobs and other states are taking notice Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's...

Forty-five Maine prisoners are currently working remote jobs for outside companies. A few are working full-time, earning more than corrections officers. One is making well into the six figures. Here's why Maine's approach to education and work in prison is making waves in the world of corrections:

I heard a Palestinian doctor compare the aid sites in Gaza to Squid Game. Twice a day, I get new alerts about dozens of hungry people, many of them surely parents of starving children, wounded and killed by gunfire when they’re trying to get food.

70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.

His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary

I do not see appreciable differences between Labubu and Monchhichi

Weapons is so fucking crazy and good

I don’t believe Trump cares enough about public broadcasting to make himself chair. There are no celebrities involved. No Broadway musicals. You can’t see yourself on TV. He wouldn’t want to tarnish his brand by chairing a bunch of earnest nerds.

Detroit is rich in fantastic Arabic food, thanks in part to its proximity to Dearborn. Try Saffron De Twah or the upscale Leila.

Embarrassingly, the @nytimes.com flunked its own Vogue test- Wasserstein depicted Mount Holyoke women #sevensistersfail

As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)

Citing "the concerns expressed by many of our brothers and sisters regarding fears of attending Mass due to potential immigration enforcement actions by civil authorities," the Bishop of San Bernardino issues a decree dispensing the faithful in his diocese from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass.

An incredible American tragedy.

An Afghan man who worked as a translator for the U.S. military during the war was detained by ICE after showing up for a hearing inside of a federal courthouse in San Diego, his attorney says. He fears that if he returns to Afghanistan, he would be tortured or even killed, @nbcsandiego.com reports.

In a public statement, interim U-M President Domenico Grasso stated the University will be terminating contracts for plainclothes security on campus.