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Conversation with Rashid Khalidi, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine

This conversation with Rashid Khalidi took place on March 24, 2021, as part of the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs. They discussed Khalidi's book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and the…

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Q&A | Nina van Toulon, Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo, & Anna Rufas Blanco | 2018 Oct. 18

In this live session, Nina van Toulon, Founder of the Eco Flores Foundation and Initiator at the Indonesia Waste Platform, speaks with Richmond Kennedy Quarcoo from Ghana and Anna Rufas Blanco from…

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Case Study: Middle East

This chapter looks at transboundary water rights in the case of the Middle East. This video is licensed under the CC BY-NC-SA license.

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Wheat flow fortification: Successful case studies in North Africa and Middle East

This chapter includes a case study about wheat flow fortification to reduce the deficiency of vitamins and minerals specifically in Jordan and other Middle East countries. This fortifications…

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Food waste management: Successful case studies in Egypt

Dr. Helal discusses rice waste management and making use of the waste material into value-added products. He first gives some points to consider: is the waste material available only seasonally? Is…

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Short History of Oil, Gas, and Mining

This chapter contextualizes mining's historic role in the world economy, notably that the stages of human history are partially defined by developments in this realm. It briefly overviews the…

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Case Study: Climate Change Dimensions of the Arab Spring

This case study considers the ways that climate stress influenced the escalation of social conflicts into violent conflict across North African and the Middle East, particularly in Syria. It…

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