The wind is blowing strongly from the South East. It’s 9:30 on a Tuesday morning. Most people are at work, but a small group drifts in the cold South Atlantic, waiting for the next set of waves to roll in. We don’t know each other, but there is camaraderie in…

The sudden jolt in global oil prices is raising fresh concerns about African decarbonization efforts. As Western countries have embraced net-zero carbon targets through investments in renewable energy infrastructure and other initiatives, Africa has lagged in setting similar goals. While the continent is blessed with many forms of renewable energy…

I received an interesting email from a reader following my last newsletter on Active Imagination. The reader thanked me for sharing my journey but said, “this should be noted and faced.” He linked to an article about Sabina Spielrein, one of Carl Jung’s famous patients with whom he had a…

I am sitting in my office trying to let the day fade away from consciousness. I turn my attention to what’s happening inside and start thinking of someone I encountered in a recent dream. I go to the place where I encountered this person and wait for them to arrive…

The global food crisis spurred by fighting in Ukraine is affecting the Middle East in uneven ways. Countries like Lebanon and Yemen, struggling with economic instability and conflict before the war began, have been hit particularly hard. Egypt, which is deeply reliant on grain and wheat from Ukraine and Russia…

“You are aware that there is something big out down there,” my therapist told me as I was leaving her office. “But you seem to be scared of it.” We finished that session with a discussion about dreams. For several months, I have been running away from my dreams and…

The thing about being a journalist in the West Bank is that the Israelis tend always to know where you are and where you are going. During my years of reporting throughout Palestine, I could only gain access to flashpoint areas with an Israeli-issued press card. This insight is critical…

Every country is built upon a foundation myth. These stories or shared histories serve to bind and build societies. Israel’s foundation myth is unique among contemporary states. It propels a form of cognitive dissonance enabling the society to perpetuate one of the most prolonged military occupations in modern history while…

By the looks of it, the global food supply chain hinges on just one country. Like other outdated systems of production currently breaking down as a result of years of pandemic and geopolitical recalibration, the way we produce and distribute food needs radical change. The centrality of Ukrainian wheat production…