Global protests are planned for the second anniversary of the Iraq invasion.

You won't hear about the story of my Palestinian friend Ali Zbeidat and the threatened demolition of his "illegal" home, either from the hundreds of international correspondents in Jerusalem or from the Hebrew media - not even from those remarkable Israeli journalists Amira Hass and Gideon Levy, two lone beacons inside Israel in the campaign for justice for the Palestinians.

Why is it that drivers almost always dodge behind someone backing out of a parking space?

Azadeh Moaveni
Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran
Monday, March 14th at 7:30 p.m.
Capitola Book Cafe