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“Stories are our way to tell that we once were here.. we once existed…”
Two years ago, I went hiking with my friend Marwa through AlNaour mountains in Jordan… she was holding her camera and capturing the elegant nature through her lens…. she turned to me and said that she was not good at writing stories… she can perfectly capture a scene through her camera but she can not tell a story.
I smiled and told her that a story is a series of scenes… to tell a story you have to have meomry.. and memories are a series of pictures with sounds.. smells.. movements and feelings… you can not think of your father as a word… when you are saying a word you are actually visualizing life.
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The WSJ has a well-deserved, laudatory profile of Peter Boettke of George Mason University. The Journal stresses mainly his role in the Hayek vs. Keynes debate. I have learned from him in the area of Hayek vs. central planning, the subject more relevant to my own interests in long-run development. He is also a generous colleague and friend. Congrats, Pete!

After intensive training sessions that lasted for 3 days, the trainees were obliged to submit contributions about sexuality issues in Egypt .The trainees are free to choose whatever they like to tackle in the various issues of sexuality , how they want to contribute in whatever  module they want and for sure they were free to  keep their anonymity or not .
The follow up phase is coordinated by Fatma Emam and Ramy Raoof; we are offering the trainees technical and academic support.
We have received 4 posts from our trainees and looking forward to receive more in the upcoming weeks.

NYT DEBATE: Can Flood Aid Weaken the Taliban in Pakistan?
Or is it more likely that extremist groups will capitalize on the chaos created by the disaster?
Laura Freschi’s answer: aid doesn’t help with the Taliban, but give anyway.

The idea that flood aid will change Pakistani perceptions about the U.S. in a lasting and meaningful way is both unproven and based on simplistic, even condescending assumptions about the beneficiaries of America’s aid.
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