According to Bureau of Justice statistics, an average of three women a day are murdered by a man who 'loves them'. It doesn't feel like a stretch, if one is venturing to make a suggestion on...
For the last month, we at Global Comment have posted a song a day of the best Christmas songs of all time. Now, here they are gathered together into one post, with an added Spotify list. What's your...
On Thanksgiving, I, like millions of other people across the US, sat at my Thanksgiving day table and promptly got into a fight with my conservative family members. Thanksgiving is one of the most...
Khadijah Abdel Majid (aka Kaidy, wife of Ali Khasawneh), passed away at 11.30 am on June 13th, in her home in Amman. She was 77 years old. She was the mother of Lina, Lulu, Mahmoud, and the author...
You're headed home for the holidays, or you're the one hosting them. Despite best efforts, there's no chance that every event will go off without at least one person who is guaranteed to ruin the...
The first time my ex-husband hit me, it was around 6 o'clock in the morning. I was three months pregnant. I hit him back and ran, locking myself in our bedroom. He kicked down the door to get at me,...
What came first, the documentary or the wedding video? Doug Block has been filming weddings for the best part of two decades to support his work as a documentarian. It’s well paid but Doug tries to...
Valentine’s Day is a day set aside for love that is observed in countless countries throughout the world. As early as the 18th century, lovers who courted would express their heartfelt sentiments...
Kate Atkinson is, to my mind, one of the more undervalued writers of the last 25 years in English language fiction. Oh, sure, she has a big fan base in the UK in particular, and her books sell well,...
The persistent myth of the perfect mother is a narrative that shapes and limits women's lives even as family structures and women's choices expand and change in the new millennium. Developing ways to...