With the rise of the popular movie Dark Zero Thirty, this is a great feature about the shooter who killed Osama Bin Laden.
"The man who shot and killed Osama bin Laden sat in a wicker chair in my backyard, wondering how he was going to feed his wife and kids or pay for their medical care."
This is an interesting development that I have observed over the years. During the past decade, there was so much focus on the importance of education for women but not enough on work after graduation. This article lays out important statistics and graphs on the reality of women employment in the Middle East.
A great article by Robert Worth on the dangers and consequences of events taking place in North Africa. It is indicative that even countries like Mali have become havens for Jihadists and their reach is wide as crossing borders and chaos increases.
"The crisis in Mali is not likely to end soon, with the militants ensconcing themselves among local people and digging fortifications. It could also test the fragile new governments of Libya and its neighbors, in a region where any Western military intervention arouses bitter colonial memories and provides a rallying cry for Islamists."