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World Bank Predicts 2.7% Global Economic Growth in 2017

by Heba El Koudsy | Jan 12, 2017 | Business

Washington – Global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 percent in 2017 after dropping to its lowest levels during 2016, the World Bank said in its latest report. Growth rates are expected to improve to 3.1% in the Middle East and North...

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Opinion: The Arab Nation is in the Hands of UN Mediators

by Samir Atallah | Sep 10, 2016 | Opinion

From the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf, “the great Arab homeland” is in the hands of international mediators. Each team of “brothers” and “comrades” does not talk to the opposing team, except in a third country. For the first and last time, I found myself agreeing with...

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Reclaim Australia made sure their message was seen clearly at
the anti-Islam rally. [David Gray/Reuters]

Best Mechanisms to Combat Modern Fundamentalism

by Emile Amin | Sep 6, 2016 | Features

Cairo- The closed-minded fundamentalism is considered among the biggest dangers that threaten the world’s societies. Rigid beliefs and rejection of other identities can hold back solving any problem in the community. But the most dangerous problems are those that...

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167,000 People Killed in Six World Conflicts in 2015

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 6, 2016 | World

The International Institute for Strategic Studies’ annual report revealed on Thursday that last year was a bloody one despite a drop in the number of armed conflicts. About 167,000 people died and a third of this number died in Syria alone. In the report published in...