E. Mark Windle 18 October 2025 (photography: Mandy Farrar) Sumūd (Arabic, noun: steadfastness, perseverance) Among the uncertainties that laid ahead for the Global Sumud Flotilla as it sailed towards Gaza recently, there was one known—that its effect on holding the world’s focus on Gaza hasn’t gone unnoticed. Uninformed, or biased armchair critics may have firedContinue reading “The Keffiyeh—On Culture, Consumerism and Sumud”
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Juke Joint
E. Mark Windle 25 February 2024. “We had to ask the owner of Abe’s BBQ in Clarksdale how to get there. His hand-written directions on the back of a napkin was our GPS for this shack at the edge of a cornfield. Don’t expect signs to point you there. Heck, don’t even expect signs withContinue reading “Juke Joint”