Keeping Alive the Hope of the Arab Uprisings
Conference panelists explore what a year of activism has changed, and what remains the same Conference panelists Negar Mottahedeh, Duke alumnus Paul Amar and miriam cooke during a break in the conference on "Arab Springs: Revolution and Repression." Photo by Julie...
Students use social media to promote discussion
Tessa Duvall Facebook has become more than just adding friends and ‘liking’ photos — it’s about making a point. Social media outlets, such as Facebook groups and Reddit threads, allow students who may not otherwise know one another to form a community in which they...
Pizza cones and nine-month-old yogurt come out of Dubai
AFP Pizza ice cream cones and yogurt with a nine-month shelf life are some of the innovative products being showcased at the largest food trade fair in the Middle East this week. Despite debuting more than a decade ago in Italy and then appearing in Brazil, Portugal...
Exploring far-flung ghost towns
Wandering into the past in abandoned villages and towns in Chile, Italy and Morocco By Los Angeles Times The western United States is full of ghost towns, once-thriving places whose residents, for one reason or another, drifted away. But the West doesn't have a total...
Around the world bicycle race begins in London
Biking Bis by Gene Bisbee Nine endurance bicyclists rolled out of London on Saturday for the first-ever around-the-world bicycle race. Just two days after leaving, the cyclists on the World Cycle Racing Grand Tour already are spread across western Europe; one is in...
Slideshow: IUPUI International Fashion Show II
SPECIAL EVENTS Posted by Jim Poyser On Friday, Feb. 17, at the IUPUI Campus Center, an overflow crowd was treated a fashion show that spanned the global gamut, from The Philippines to Iran to Morocco to the United States. A presentation by the IUPUI International...
Wisdom from merchants in the markets of Fez, Morocco
The Oregonian News Network From Vanabonds.com: Abdul gestured to heaven. "I used to work for money. Now I work for Allah." We are sitting outside his ceramic shop in one of those rare beams of sun that filter into the Fez medina at midday. Just a moment ago, he was...
Moroccan lender Attijari bets on Africa for growth
By Souhail Karam CASABLANCA, Morocco (Reuters) - AttijariWafa Bank, Morocco's biggest lender, plans to further expand its presence in mostly French-speaking African countries to compensate for a potential slowdown in its main domestic market, bank executives said on...
WindVision targets Mococcan wind boom
Jan Dodd, Windpower Monthly MOROCCO: The Belgian-Dutch developer WindVision has made its first move outside Europe with the establishment of a subsidiary in Morocco. The Tetohuan 35MW project - Morocco estimate it has 25GW wind potential The Compagnie Marocaine des...
EU North Africa Plan Bears Fruit
Elections in Tunisia, a deal with Morocco on agricultural trade and, now, a taskforce set for Jordan to offer what one senior European Union diplomat promises will be “substantially increased” support for Amman’s economic and political reforms. Signs are growing that...