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Assad’s Façade is Holding the Country Back
Tour of the Middle East- Part 5: Syria - This series of posts will take you on a country by country tour of the Middle East, showing how economic and social development occurs in one of the...
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Sec-u-lar-ism (n.) –Separation of church and state
- How Prime Minister Erdogan’s revised interpretation of secularism has reignited the debate on the role of religion in Turkey Prime Minister Recep-Tayyip Erdogan As the world watched the 20th become...
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What a “wider” Middle East is doing about their Diabetes epidemic
Tour of the Middle East- Part 6: Oman - This series of posts will take you on a country by country tour of the Middle East, showing how economic and social development occurs in one of the...
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Is the sky getting bigger or just more crowded in the Middle East?
Tour of the Middle East- Part 7: Palestine - This series of posts will take you on a country by country tour of the Middle East, showing how economic and social development occurs in one of...
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The Men in Black and the Campaign Against Polio In Pakistan
Polio is a viral disease that can affect the nerves and lead to full or partial paralysis. The most likely to get affected are the elderly, pregnant women and children under 5. Due to a global...
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Syria’s Refugee Crisis: Prospects for Regional Stability?
As the 17-month-long civil war in Syria drags on, thousands of refugees flee to neighboring Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. No matter the ultimate outcome of the conflict, the refugee crisis will...
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Morocco’s bold play at renewing their energy blend
As the winds of change blow through the MENA region, Morocco is pushing to harvest the energy of the sun and the wind. At a time when Western attempts at making renewable energy a success are only...
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Do economic sanctions work?
Over the course of the past week the world has witnessed the power of economic sanctions. Iran’s economy is crumbling under the restrictions imposed by the EU, UN, and US. Recently, the Rial has lost...
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The Rise of Turkey’s Development Aid: A Guarded Optimism
In the light of budget cuts in the EU and US, the world is longing for alternative non-traditional donors to fill in the void and Turkey fits right in. In fact, when all the “heavy-weight” donors such...
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Distress Call From an Ancient City
The recent uptick in violence in Syria had made it nearly impossible for aid organizations to deliver supplies to Syrian citizens caught in the crossfire of a civil war. Civilians trapped in the Syrian...
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The Philanthropic Potential of the Gulf Cooperation Council
In the near future, the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman) could become a new and influential new source of...
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