links for 2009-02-28

• Al-Ahram Weekly | Egypt | Sales strategies
  natural gas issue in parliament
  (tags: israel egypt politics natural-gas energy)
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Economy | Triple play
  legislation for stimpac
  (tags: policy egypt economy law)
• Al-Ahram Weekly | Features | A question of trust
  government plans for a greener cairo by 2050; poor digging into the other side (only dahab island residents and hardly passing reference to investor interests)
  (tags: cairo government development environment green)
• Mike Davis “Planet of Slums” Treason Pamphlet | libcom.org
  pdf in pamphlet style layout (alternating pages from back and front); print for reading comfort
  (tags: UNREAD socialist slums dubai marxism)
• Middle East and North Africa – Update on the Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Arab Countries
  (tags: economic-crisis arab economics financial-crisis worldbank)
• Op-Ed Columnist – Obama and Our Schools – NYTimes.com
  (tags: united-states policy obama NYT development education)
• Op-Ed Contributor – Yellow Is the New Green – NYTimes.com
  on how removing urine and using both it and the sludge as fertilizer saves (even produces) energy, reduces pollution, etc.
  (tags: environment conservation recycling sewage)
• Dubai’s Kerala Connection
  (tags: economy development globalization uae india dubai labor migration remittances)
• Economic Scene – Obama’s Budget Plan Sweeps Away Reagan Ideas – NYTimes.com
  (tags: united-states policy politics economy obama health economics tax education)
• Op-Ed Columnist – Climate of Change – NYTimes.com
  (tags: united-states policy politics obama health economics NYT Krugman)
• World Banker and His Cash Return Home – New York Times
  the question of remittances and their role in development. focus on Dilip Ratha
  (tags: economy economics india labor migration remittances)
• Bidoun Magazine – Art & Culture from the Middle East
  (tags: politics culture history development society qatar bedouin)
• Dubai and surroundings, heritage photography 1975-1980 by Anita van der Krol
  photo gallery of dubai by anita van der krol. 1975-80 and 2007-08; someone should match the locations
  (tags: development photo slums dubai)
• Dubai’s Labor Ghetto – Paperblog
  mediocre article; limited directions to main slum: Sonapur, hidden between dunes on way to sharja; feb08 (oil USD100)
  (tags: human-rights economy development slums dubai labor)
• The size of social networks | Primates on Facebook | The Economist
  (tags: internet facebook socialmedia culture psychology social brain economist)

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