This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
The New York Times
November 1st
Representatives from Iraq and the United States met on Saturday, November 1st, to discuss ways to stimulate the Iraqi economy. With oil prices as low as they are, Iraq is struggling to find new sources of income, given that 95 percent of Iraq’s revenue comes from oil exports. American officials stressed [...]
Military action against Iran seemed very likely, especially if the democrats were gaining ground in the current presidential election. Republican war hawks believe that Barack Obama would not be tough enough to deal effectively with Iran. However, recently these sentiments have changed and an attack in the near future seems less and less likely as [...]
France, boasting Europe’s largest Muslim population, faces a problem of militant Islam spreading in prisons. It is estimated that over half of French inmates are Muslim, and a large portion of these are considered terrorist threats. The prisons have a small minority of Islamic chaplains and French officials are concerned that these radicals might engage [...]
Faced with a high inflation rate due to the country’s enormous financial growth, Saudi Arabia is experiencing a large increase in food and housing prices. In an effort to lower prices, officials are proposing to buy land in other developing countries, like Thailand, to produce crops such as rice and soybeans. This might increase the food [...]
BBC Middle East