Petra Marquardt-Bigman

Petra Marquardt-Bigman is a German-Israeli freelance writer and researcher with a Ph.D. in contemporary history. Her blog, The Warped Mirror, has been published by The Jerusalem Post since late 2006, and her writings have appeared at The Guardian's Comment is Free, World Politics Review, The Commentator and other sites.

ARTICLES BY: Petra Marquardt-Bigman

October 3, 2012 3:55 am

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Mona Eltahawy Claims Victory for Vandalism

Last week, opponents of free speech had a great time in New York City. During the annual UN General Assembly meeting, some Arab and Muslim leaders,...

September 27, 2012 5:44 pm

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Mona Eltahawy Defends Jihad: We are all Proud Savages Now!

On Tuesday, the prominent Egyptian-American writer Mona Eltahawy informed her almost 160,000 Twitter followers in no uncertain terms that she was incensed by an advertisement...

September 13, 2012 11:33 am

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Moments of truth: Osama vs. Obama

In a first reaction to the violent assaults on the American embassies in Egypt and Libya on this year's anniversary of 9/11, Marc Lynch prefaced...

September 7, 2012 2:15 pm

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Defending Judith Butler in the Ivory Tower

The controversy that erupted when it became known that the prominent American post-structuralist philosopher Judith Butler will be awarded Frankfurt's prestigious Theodor Adorno Prize has...