Monthly Archives: January 2015
Reducing Freedom Through #AutocraSisi #BloggerFlogger #OilSpoils … and torture
Freedom includes many things: freedom from autocracy and/or flogging. (The autocratic practices in Egypt, by, say, President Sisi, is what prompted us to coin the term “autocrasisi”. We are also a bit worried about the “blogger flogger” phenomena in Saudi … Continue reading
“Breaking the Cycle: Creating Solutions for Water Security in the Middle East”
In 2010, the U.S. World Threat Assessment listed water scarcity in MENA as a global threat. Source: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence The Hollings Center for International Dialogue asked: How to create solutions for water security in the Middle … Continue reading
Libya and #AlgerianAftermath
Libya’s and Algeria’s aftermath since Gaddhafi’s removal includes a shared border. In Washington, DC, the Arab awakening and uprising discussions primarily focus on Tunisia and Egypt…and sometimes Libya. Yemen’s successful ouster of its leader, President Ali Abdullah Saleh, has largely … Continue reading
Pivoting from Dispossession: Arab American’s Entrepreneurial Path
Dear Pita-consumers: Happy 2015! We want to start the year off right with some positivity and inspiration. Thankfully, one of our earliest PITAPALS, Asma Jaber, an Arab-American, has inspired this first week’s posting with her vision and explanation of establishing … Continue reading
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