By Noora AlSindi The World Economic Forum has recently released The Global Gender Gap Index for 2011, and the global rankings are by no means a surprise. The Report, published annually since 2006, ranks approximately 135 countries based on their gender performance by benchmarking criteria such as economic participation and opportunity, political empowerment, educational attainment […]
Deconstructing the Arab Spring at Brookings
By Amir Fouad It wasn’t so long ago that the Arab Spring was the topic du jour on everyone’s mind. Back in February, the popular demonstrations throughout the Middle East and North Africa that sent a barrage of moving images to our TV sets and newsfeeds were as inspiring as they were surprising. More than […]