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1. Wisdom from the Orient: Self-Sufficiency
(Blog II)
... academics and educators, over a period of five years, from 1 March 2000 to 28 February 2005, using methodologies in economics, anthropology, and history, relying on official statistics and surveys conducted ...
2. A DESCRIPTIVE OVERVIEW OF ISLAMIC TAXATION
(Blog II)
... the Western governments and societies. The course of history and economic development in the twentieth century has substantially intensified this prominence. The history, politics, economics, sociology, ...
... in the history of modern Egypt , the world's eyes were fixed on downtown Cairo 's Tahrir Square . The hundreds of thousands gathered not only called for Mubarak's ouster, but demanded he be put on trial. ...
4. The Trouble With French Banks
(Economy/Finance)
... history after its 1982 nationalization. These and other disasters were brought on by the bank nationalizations of the early 1980s. But despite the subsequent privatizations, French bank boards are still ...
5. Beware the sociopath
(Life and Style/Wife and Husband)
... It turned out I was his business. He took all my money and left me seriously in debt. Think it couldn't happen to you? Think again. I found out, far too late, that my husband had a history of defrauding ...
... publications include Iran and Iraq War (1988), Iran–Saudi Arabian Relations and Regional Order (1996), and A History of Iraq (2000, 2002). The book deals essentially with the intellectual response of ...
... Greeks who live here, as well as a platform for dialogue on issues that concern the community." Apoyevmatini has always been tossed about in the storms of history, seeing its circulation dwindle along ...
... the Bank of England, and rhapsodized about by Adam Smith. The gold standard in history used a fractional, rather than 100%, reserve, recommended by Smith at a 20% ratio. From Wealth of Nations: When, ...
9. A Nuclear Bunker Comes In From the Cold as an Art Gallery
(Artist/Art)
... become a permanent museum for contemporary art. "I think this is the most expensive museum ever built in human history," he said jokingly. "The options were that we could close the bunker or we could ...
10. Balkan buffet to leave your belly dancing with joy
(Life and Style/Food and Drink)
Imagine history, a magical wonderland, and gypsy music in the background, throw in a great portion of hearty meaty food, and there's a good chance you're thinking about Hercegovina. No, I'm not referring ...
... in Bulgarian history. Thus, Bulgarians are uncomfortable with the depiction of Tsar Samuel as a historic figure of Macedonian history. On the other hand, the fact that Macedonians are staking a claim to ...
12. Steady Right-Wing Extremism in Serbia
(World/Balkans)
... It was shown as a black page in their history. And whenever they had a problem in their political, economic, or societal systems, the easiest solution was to just accuse the Ottoman past; The Ottomans ...
13. Hijacking the word 'Islam' for Mantra Creation
(Special Interest/Islam)
... have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.... Islam is the only civilization which has put the survival of the West in ...
14. Leadership through Service: The Example of Turkey
(World/World)
... what they forget was that multiple Muslim states have always existed side by side throughout the history. Majority of Muslims are not against the concept of nation state. But they have always desired their ...
15. Skanderbeg - Hero or Traitor?
(Special Interest/Other Intrest)
In a recent meeting Turkish Minister of Education, Omer Dincer, requested from his Kosova colleague Rame Buja to make changes on Kosova's history textbooks. Dincer said that Turkey's portrayal in textbooks ...
... on the number of Turkish residents with an Albanian family history in Turkey vary. A 2008 report from the National Security Council (MGK) of Turkey says that approximately 1,300,000 people of Albanian ...
17. Islam versus Science or Scientism?
(World/Muslim world)
... in history. Throughout Islamic history, a peculiar brand of scholars emerged, known as hakeems, who embraced all the sciences with a complete sense of unity, realizing that all knowledge simply represented ...
18. Amid the Arab Spring, Turkish Tourism Booms
(World/Balkans)
... Turkish culture - from TV soap operas, pop music and food to Turkey's rehabilitation of its Ottoman history - has helped bring an influx of Arab tourists. But while more Arabs are coming to Turkey, the ...
... fasting. In no way could I share that view. There are too many giants in the history of water fasts (Sheldon, Bragg, Ehret, etc), some of which have conducted tens of thousands of water fasts. There are ...
20. Debt and Delusion
(Economy/Finance)
... that Greeks have to each other (largely in the form of family obligations). At any time in history, the debt-to-annual-GDP ratio (including informal debts) would vastly exceed 100%. Most people never ...