Immigration
Remittances: What the Beautiful People See and What Actually Happens
When you go to a conference run by the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund or similar entities, you run into lots of beautiful ……Read More
Lifestyle
Food
PSA: Marshmallow Only Lucky Charms Now A Thing
CHILDHOOD DREAMS DO COME TRUE, FRIENDS. The “unicorn of the cereal world” a.k.a. Marshmallow Only Lucky Charms is now a reality. I'm so excited, I ……Read More
Art & Culture
Film Adaptation of Yusuf Idris’s ‘House of Flesh’ Rejected by Egyptian Censors
The screen adaptation of Yusuf Idris’s “House of Flesh,” crafted by celebrated Egyptian playwright and scriptwriter Lenin El-Ramly, was apparently rejected by Egypt’s state censor on charges ……Read More
Technology
Could Search Engines Be Used to Manipulate Election Results?
A fascinating article by Robert Epstein and Ronald Robertson "The search engine manipulation effect (SEME) and its possible impact on the outcomes of elections" looks ……Read More
Immigration
Hearing on Syrian Refugees: Reassurance and Storytelling
The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing earlier this month titled "Oversight of the Administration's FY 2016 Refugee Resettlement Program: Fiscal and Security Implications". The ……Read More
Books
Dinner with Elias Khoury
I didn’t have dinner with Elias Khoury in the manner that Lucy Kellaway lunched with Jonathan Franzen. No formal interview happened: I just sat next to ……Read More