Recently I've been taking flak about my coverage of Bahrain and Palestine (well, lack of coverage, really). I thought I should explain.

There's risk, there's high risk, there's gambling, then there's suicide. For an Arab living in the Arab world to cover the Arab Spring is risky. For a stateless Palestinian refugee to do so is highly risky.

If you enjoy my coverage so far, kindly forgive this lacuna. If you'd love my coverage to continue with no unfortunate interruptions, kindly do not push this subject too much.

The Arab proverb says, "The intelligent understand by a mere hint." I've given more than a hint, and I'm blessed with readers with an above-average IQ.