Word: westly
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...seminars organized by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies here at Harvard. This effort is one of the reasons that led the Center for Middle Eastern Studies to expand and build an interdisciplinary study of the Muslim culture, said Jocelyne Cesari, director of the Islam in the West Institute, a part of the Center. Harvard students and other affiliates have been involved in research and graduate study workshops in the organization’s attempt to assist a contemporary wave of thinking about Islamic culture. The event consisted of two sections: a presentation about the content of Cainkar?...
...rate is expected to average 8.4 percent until the year 2020, with a GDP set to surpass that of the United States by 2050. As the nation grows and develops economically, its people are discovering a newfound pride in their heritage. They needn’t look to the West for expressions of their modernized selves but can instead draw from their nation’s past. When Indians hear American accents in shopping malls and hotel bars, they no longer accommodate and kowtow. Instead, they ask how Americans are responding to the downturn after causing worldwide economic collapse...
...Aviv No Settlement on Settlements Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans for the construction of 455 additional housing units in the West Bank while saying Israel would consider a freeze on building in Palestinian-claimed territories afterward--a political compromise that displeased both Israeli hard-liners and Palestinians. The Obama Administration, which has pressured Israel to halt construction in order to kick-start stalled peace talks, expressed "regret" over the plans. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, meanwhile, dismissed talk of a moratorium, noting that Israel's decision to continue building "nullifies any effect that a settlement freeze, when...
Number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank...
...Qods Day rallies in Tehran had been planned - one starting from the northeast area of the prayer grounds and the other from the west. Soon after the second march began, its participants clashed with supporters of the President, but according to witnesses, the green demonstrators held their ground. In the first march, beginning in Haft-e Tir square in north-central Tehran, opposition marchers well outnumbered regime supporters. One participant told TIME that attacking security services had to retreat on multiple occasions due to organized resistance by the crowds, and eventually the police, in resignation, simply directed the march along...