I’ve become an artist at procrastination. I think I could write a whole book had I had the gumption to just open a word processor and outline it. But that would be far too much work. I have been languishing in this mode for over a month and have no idea when I would snap …

“An Iraqi and a Palestinian moved to live in Israel”, starts the joke. Except that in 1996 when I moved to live in Jerusalem I didn’t know the punch line, not yet anyway. Let me explain, I am a former Iraqi citizen married to a Palestinian. My husband is a member of a minority of …

Simple. Very simple indeed. Close your mind to everything and everyone. Open your heart to hatred, and voila, you have become a wahabi and thus assured of heaven! There are other things that you have to ardently hate as well to make absolutely sure that you get to your promised and exclusive heaven: 1. Hate …

At last they’re doing something good. They’re doing what we’re paying them to do, rather than waste our time with issues like allowing a singer to perform, veiled women to drive and security personnel to grow their beards. They’ve now got their teeth into something that could change the course of history in this fine …

Mahmood wishes you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!