Over the past 3 weeks, the Middle East has been witnessing what could be regarded as one of the most traumatizing events in its history; a blatant rebuttal of humanitarian principles in an act that will have ripples across the globe in the years to come. In the doctrine of Joseph Goebbels “repeat a lie...
A report from the Russian Central Bank that is now offline has the answer “War is a matter not so much of arms as of expenditure” those were the words of the ancient Greek historian Thucydides, dubbed the father of political realism. With these words and many others that highlight the relevance of economy to...
مع مطلع العام 2020، كان لدى العديد منا الكثير من التطلعات والآمال سواء على الصعيد الشخصي أو العملي. ثم أتت أزمة كوفيد-19 ووضعت علينا عبئاً نفسياً ضخماً من نوع جديد. يأتي هذا العبء نتيجة آثار اقتصادية وتغيرات في أسلوب حياتنا اليومية وإحباطات ووحدة وعزلة في المنزل وحظر حركة وخوف من الإصابة سواء لشخصنا أو للمقربين...
مما لا شك فيه أن العالم الحديث اليوم لا يعاني على الإطلاق من فقر المعلومات. وبينما كانت المعلومات في الماضي شحيحة وصعبة المنال، يسرت وسائل الاتصالات الحديثة توافر المعلومات اليوم بسرعة وصارت في متناول الأيدي. وأدى هذا التطور إلى ظهور العديد من القضايا الجديدة التي يؤثر الكثير منها على جذور المجتمعات، كما ساعد على ظهور...
In an unprecedent turn of events oil prices have fallen to below zero. That’s right – US oil has reached an all-time low of -38.76 USD (at 3:32 pm New York time) meaning that producers are actually paying customers to take their oil. The world is going quite upside down and we are bearing witness...
[Opinion piece] Around the year 100 AD, the Roman satirical poet Juvenal, described the then current affairs of the Roman populace by giving up on their historical birthright for political involvement and caring only for Panem et Circenses (Bread and Circuses). Juvenal was in fact describing his dissent for the declining heroism of contemporary Romans....
The considerations of food & water security, though not new concepts, are gaining criticality on the globe and especially within the region. Egypt as a country has been championing the practice of farming and agriculture for over 7000 years, viewing it as one of the most holy and sacred practices of all times. Fast forward...
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