Fuel subsidies have been a key component of a social contract between Middle Eastern and North African states and their citizens. Facing the looming unsustainability of these…
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Renewable energy is increasingly popular in the major oil and gas-producing nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council. However, the road to sustainable energy and lesser depende…
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Three Muslim members of the U.S. Congress hosted the first iftar dinner on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2019, attended by approximately 100 guests. The event highlighted the import…
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Declining oil and gas production since the mid-2000s and globally low oil prices since 2014 have punched a big hole in Algeria’s economy. Continuing to pin its hopes on a reco…
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Master of traditional and modern, Arab and Western musical fusions, Rachid Taha left a unique musical genre of his own making. An irreverent political activist always rooting…
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Massive protests against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s re-election for a fifth term in Algeria were precipitated by political and economic paralysis. Even with Bouteflika’s…
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