The Nahmias Cipher Report

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 00:16 AM EDT, 3 January 2012 “Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive” ~ Sir Walter Scott In the world of predator and prey, the predator’s desire to satiate their hunger leads them inexorable to kill. Unlike humans, the wild predator’s desire to cull [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 00:31 AM EDT, Sunday, 7 August 2011 The paintings below feature Odalisque. An Odalisque (Turkish: Odalık) was a female slave in an Ottoman seraglio. She was an assistant or apprentice to the concubines and wives, and she might rise in status to become one of them. Most odalisque were part [...]

Henna is traditionally used to mark important life events such as marriage. When most people think of henna they recall the designs such as those in the photo to the left. This type of design is a “Bridal Mehndi.” In Africa, there is another more painful tradition of scarification; however, in regions throughout the world where Henna plants are grown and cultivated, women have used this plant for centuries to adorn themselves with exotic and beautiful designs, each as unique as the woman who wears them.

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 15:17 PM EDT, 19 July 2011 As a victim of rape I am intimately acquainted with the difficulties women face when confronted by the decision to report the violation. I was brutally date raped by boy who I knew and trusted. What has remained with me thirty years hence was [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 21:03 PM EDT, 13 July 2011 CALIFORNIA – Catherine Kieu Becker who lives in Grove Garden, California, called 911 Emergency Services after she cut off her husband’s penis and mangled it in a garbage disposal.  This is not the first time that an American wife has cut off her husband’s [...]

THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
Written by Rudyard Kipling, 1911

When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

When Nag the basking cobra hears the careless foot of man,
He will sometimes wriggle sideways and avoid it if he can.
But his mate makes no such motion where she camps beside the trail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 02:12 AM EDT, 15 June 2011 BAHRAIN – This post is about Meriam Al Khalifa who is a young Saudi Arabian woman who eloped with an American serviceman and left her home in Bahrain during the night without the consent or knowledge of her family. The picture to the right [...]

Ayanna Nahmias, Editor-in-Chief Last Modified: 01:43 AM EDT, 18 May 2011 “I paint myself because I am often alone and I am the subject I know best.” – Frida Kahlo MEXICO – Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo are two painters who lived extraordinary lives defying conventional standards of conduct and mores of their day.  Frida [...]

After the release of information by the American government which claims that pornography was discovered on Osama Bin Laden’s computer, the idea of pornography in Islamic nations shouldn’t be strange. In fact, I wrote a post titled “Sex for Sale from Moldova to Dubai,” which deals with the topic of human trafficking and sex slaves from former Eastern Bloc countries who end up working across Europe and the Middle East.

But even researching these abuses I had never heard of “Granny Porn.” The term evoked an image of an elderly frail grandmother with white hair engaged in non-consensual sex. In fact, because of the lead-in I thought that Dr. Drew was going to focus on the issue of the rape of elderly women in nursing homes.