Habari Post

After 16 years with the World Bank, William Easterly writes about the failures and shortcomings of development policy and practices by Western dominated organizations like the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, USAID and the United Nations.

Tetra Pak makes its packaging from sustainably harvested wood pulp, and the used packages are recyclable. But in many places they are not recycled but thrown into landfills with un-recyclable trash. This causes the unnecessary generation of greenhouse gases, and wastes a useful resource.

Women and men are kept apart in Saudi Arabia, but that doesn't stop women from playing a key role in the marketplace. In cosmopolitan cities like Riyadh women-only gyms, women-only boutiques and travel agencies, even a women-only shopping mall, are sprouting up in recent years to serve women who did not previously have access to such places unless they were chaperoned by a male relative.

Following ongoing pressure from organizations like Human Rights Watch, the government of Dubai has instituted a series of reforms to protect the basic working conditions for immigrant workers. Enforcing the reforms has yet to be figured out and neighboring gulf countries are quite a bit further behind the curve.

The Economist compares oil revenues of today in Gulf countries with the 1970s. A number of large projects aimed at drawing attention and growing the economy are underway in Saudi Arabia.

The over 40 leaders from Muslim countries meeting in Dakar, Senegal wrapped a two-day summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) last Friday.

Heads of state and representatives of over 40 Muslim nations gathered today in Dakar, Senegal for the Eleventh Session of the Islamic Summit Conference.

This novel provides a view into life inside Saudi Arabia for a select group of upper class women in their twenties. Banned in Saudi Arabia, the work follows the lives of four friends and their search for love and marriage. Ms. Alsanea is in her twenties herself and this is her first novel.