Daniel Beaumont

Daniel Beaumont teaches Arabic language & literature and other courses at the University of Rochester. He is the author of Slave of Desire: Sex, Love & Death in the 1001 Nights and Preachin’ the Blues: The Life & Times of Son House. He can be contacted at: daniel.beaumont@rochester.edu

Stormy Weather: Trump and Stormy Daniels

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Egypt Now

Netanyahu’s Alliance With Hamas

The Big Bang: Israel’s Path to Self-Destruction

Smoke and Mirrors: How Israeli Agitprop Lies Become Fact

Dead End: Israel Gets Lost in Gaza

What is to be Done?

The Orgy as Truth: the Marquis de Sade and the Crisis of Freedom Now

History is Not Bunk: the Ukraine War and a Cautionary Tale

Who Owns the Clouds? The Adventures of the Chinese and Me in Changing the Weather

Back to School Blues: Covid and the Crisis of the American University

Enough is Enough: Donald Rumsfeld 1932-2021

The Twilight of Zionism

The Palestinians: “We Shall Not Be Moved”

Invasive Species: Trump in Florida and Other News From the Sunshine State

Pillow Fight: Mike Lindell’s Battle to Save Donald Trump and You

The Breakdown: January 6, 2021

Prison, the Plague, Writing and Exile: an Interview With Aslı Erdoğan

The Most Important Patient In The World

Incorrigible: Trump Unredacted

The Reign of Error

Shrink-Wrapped: Plastic Pollution and the Greatest Economic System Jesus Ever Devised

Gimme Shelter: the Brief And Strange History of CHOP (AKA CHAZ)

Here Comes Your 19th Nervous Breakdown: the Mental State of Donald Trump

Pressing Done Here: Syria, Iraq and “Informed Discussion”

Hate, Murder and Perversity: El Paso 2019, Mississippi 1964

“The Stone Building” and the Post Coup Erdoğan Crackdown